OBMICA Bulletin September 2021
We present the latest issue of the OBMICA Bulletin, corresponding to September 2021. For online reading, visit www.obmica.org, and for the PDF version use the download link. On the cover: Haitian migrants camped under a bridge at the U.S./Mexico border in September 2021.
We present the latest issue of the OBMICA Bulletin, corresponding to September 2021. For online reading, visit www.obmica.org. To download the publication in PDF format, click here.
On the cover: Haitian migrants camped under a bridge on the U.S./Mexico border, September 2021. Of around 14,000 people, mostly Haitian, 3,300 were removed in only two days.
Below we share a summary of the content of our quarterly issue. To continue reading the articles, click read more.
Editorial: The worrying increase in deportations of Haitian migrants in the region
The U.S. government has received multiple criticisms for its handling of the migration crisis caused by the massive arrival of thousands of people, most of them Haitian. OBMICA joins the call of four United Nations agencies urging countries across the continent to adopt a comprehensive approach so that Haitians on the move receive protection. Read more...
Eight years after Judgment 168-13, durable solutions are urgently needed
Because of its importance, we partially reproduce the statement published in Listin Diario on September 23, 2021, by the Dominican@s por Derecho platform. Read more...
The growing risk of statelessness for children born to Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad and Tobago
OBMICA associate researcher Kamilah Morain addresses the barriers faced by Venezuelan couples residing in Trinidad and Tobago when trying to register the birth of their children and obtain birth certificates, which significantly increases the risk of statelessness. Read more...
Meet the book Border of Lights and its editors
Academics Megan Jeanette Myers and Edward Paulino, creators of the Border of Lights movement, answered OBMICA's questions about the multilingual collection that gathers testimony on the 1937 Massacre. Read more...
New Resources Available: Statelessness and denationalization
Three new texts approach statelessness and denationalization from another perspective. We present a brief review of these resources: Statelessness, Governance and the Problem of Citizenship (Tendayi Bloom and Lindsey Kingston), Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic (Eve Hayes de Kalaf), and A Coup d'Etat: Judgment 168-13 (Ochy Curiel). Read more...