The Fundación Carolina and the Migration Policy Institute are holding a meeting this afternoon at 5 p.m. in the Simón Bolívar Hall of Casa América on Challenges and opportunities for a migration agenda in Latin America.
The two institutions are convening this meeting to discuss the current prospects of the migration agenda in Latin America in terms of the challenges and opportunities it presents. The aim is also to learn about good migration practices in various countries in the region, based on three sub-themes: regularisation, integration and intersectoral alliances.
The recent migratory experience of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean has posed a new challenge as host societies in the face of the rapid evolution and increase in the number of people in mobility, which has led them to focus their efforts on the design and implementation of responses within the framework of comprehensive public policies and existing legislation in the area, many of which are insufficient to take on this complex challenge.
The structure of the meeting will be as follows:
17:00-17:05. Welcome.
– Enrique Ojeda, Director General of Casa de América.
17:05-17:15. Institutional presentation by the collaborating entities.
– Isabel Castro Fernández, Secretary of State for Migration, Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Government of Spain.
– José Antonio Sanahuja, Director of the Carolina Foundation.
– Andrew Selee, President of the Migration Policy Institute.
17:15-17:20. Introduction of the panellists by the moderator.
– Valerie Lacarte, Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute.
17:20-17:40. Topic 1: Good practices in regularisation.
– Fernando García Manosalva, Director of Migration Colombia, Government of Colombia.
– Christian Guillermet-Fernández, Vice-Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Government of Costa Rica.
17:40-18:00. Topic 2: Good integration practices.
– Gilroy Middleton, Director General of Migration, Belize.
– Arturo Rocha, Director of Strategies and Public Policies for North America, Government of Mexico.
18:00-18:10. Topic 3: Good practices in cross-sectoral partnerships.
– Silvia Espíndola, Vice-minister of Human Mobility, Government of Ecuador (to be confirmed).
18:10-18:25. Questions from the audience.
The conclusions of the meeting will be presented by Anna Terrón, political scientist, specialist in international cooperation and current director of the FIIAPP.
