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June 10, 2022


Dear John xxxxxx,

The Ninth Summit of the Americas concluded today with the signing of the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection by leaders from 20 countries across the Western Hemisphere. The declaration commits signatory governments to expand legal migration pathways, support immigrant integration, invest in migration management, and coordinate responses to mass migration movements and displacement crises.

"While the agreement is nonbinding, it marks a significant step forward in creating a common language and a coherent set of ideas for more cooperatively managing migration movements across the Americas," Migration Policy Institute (MPI) President Andrew Selee writes in a commentary out today.

The very significant migration flows in the Americas in recent years -- the displacement of 6 million Venezuelans and significant movements of Central Americans, Haitians, and Cubans -- have altered what had been a pattern of migration largely to the United States and Canada, transforming it into one touching most countries, Selee notes. "Today, when the countries in the hemisphere discuss migration, it is a dialogue about shared challenges in managing large movements that affect almost every country in the region from the southern tip of Chile northward to Canada in surprisingly similar ways."

Reviewing the agreement's principles, Selee suggests the developments indicate momentum for governments to undertake further action in the months ahead to operationalize the commitments made on paper. "The Los Angeles Declaration will be successful if it is the first, not the final, word on migration cooperation in the Americas, and the spark for efforts yet to come," he writes.

You can read the commentary in full here: www.migrationpolicy.org/news/los-angeles-declaration-migration-cooperation.

And please consider joining us Tuesday, June 14 for a discussion and report launch on one area of focus for the Summit: the potential to expand existing temporary worker pathways to help bring regularity and order to movements from Central America. The webinar, featuring Guatemala's labor minister and other experts, will examine existing programs in Canada, Costa Rica, and Mexico. For more details and to RSVP, visit: www.migrationpolicy.org/events/expanding-temporary-worker-programs-canada-mexico-costa-rica.

For all of MPI's work on the region, please visit our Latin America and Caribbean Initiative: www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/latin-america-caribbean-initiative.

Best regards,

Michelle Mittelstadt
Director of Communications and Public Affairs,
Migration Policy Institute

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