Migration Policy Institute
8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET
MPI Conference Room
1400 16th Street NW,
Suite 300 (Third Floor)
Washington, DC 20036
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The livestream will be a mix of Spanish and English.
AGENDA & SPEAKERS
8:30 – 8:45 AM: Welcome Remarks and Overview
8:45 – 10:15 AM: Regional Responses to Venezuelan Migration (Panel 1)
10:30 – 11:30 AM : Regional Responses to Nicaraguan Outflows (Panel 2)
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM: The International Response to the Venezuelan and Nicaraguan Humanitarian Crises (Panel 3)
12:45 – 1:00 PM: New Approaches toward Protection and Integration in the Region?
As crises continue to unfold in Venezuela and Nicaragua, more than 4.5 million people have left both of those countries, with most settling in neighboring countries in the region. To date, Latin American countries have generally responded by finding pragmatic ways to receive and integrate migrants and refugees from Venezuela and Nicaragua.
This series of panel discussions examines the challenges ahead as countries in the region seek to chart future strategies for responding to large-scale forced migration flows. Leading policymakers and key stakeholders from the region, as well as representatives of major international institutions involved with the regional response, offer their views on changing entry requirements; legal pathways and asylum processes; access to education, health care, and public services; and the opportunities and challenges that these migration flows present for the future of the region.