OBMICA Newsletter, June 2019

The second quarter of the year was filled with important activities and impactful actions at the regional level. We invite you to enjoy the content by following the links or downloading the PDF version here.

The April-June edition of our newsletter highlights:

-World Conference on Statelessness and Inclusion: Our associate researcher Allison Petrozziello offers a report on the event and OBMICA's participation in the panel on difficult contexts for guaranteeing every child's right to a nationality...Read more

-First International Academic Symposium at UASD on binational relations and migration processes: OBMICA director Bridget Wooding delivered the keynote lecture opening the event on May 8...Read more

-Registration of Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad and Tobago. The Caribbean country most affected by the massive arrival of Venezuelan migrants launched a regularization process in May that reached around 16,000 people. The article discusses the challenges of this registration and recommendations for improving it... Read more

We also share details from the celebration of OBMICA's tenth anniversary, which took place last May, a heartfelt gathering to thank our valued colleagues, take stock of a decade of work, and project future goals together.

We introduce Jean Pierre Murray, a Jamaican doctoral student who accompanied us through July. He speaks with us about the research project that brought him to Santo Domingo and about his experience at the Observatory.

We are very proud to inform you of the official launch of the portal "State of Migration Affecting the Dominican Republic." You can consult the online editions of our flagship publication at www.estadomigracionesrd.obmica.org or through the OBMICA website / by clicking on the EDM PORTAL section.