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Metering Update – Feb 2019
Since early 2016, U.S. officials in cities such as San Diego and Calexico began “metering” individuals arriving to the U.S.-Mexico border to seek protection—turning them back and asking them to wait in Mexico for a period of time…In December 2018, the Robert Strauss Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Center for U.S-Mexican…
Asylum Processing and Waitlists at the U.S. – Mexico Border
This report provides a snapshot of the asylum processingsystem at the U.S.-Mexico border, with particular attentionto asylum seekers waiting in Mexico. The report compilesfieldwork carried out in eight cities along the U.S.-Mexicoborder in November 2018. It draws on in-person and phoneinterviews with government officials, law enforcementofficers, representatives from civil society organizations,journalists, and members of the…
Horns of a Dilemma Podcast: Intersection of Global Fragility and Climate Risks
Josh Busby and Ashley Moran, UT, Austin, 2018
Stretched Thin: When Fragile States Face Climate Hazards
Ashley Moran, Joshua Busby, and Clionadh Raleigh, War on the Rocks, 2018
Migrant Kidnapping in Mexico: Regional Differences
The following report bases its findings on an original dataset of 388 cases of migrant kidnappings in Mexico from June 2006 to April 2018. It represents just under 8,000 victims and 451 individual kidnappers. The dataset allows for the analysis of trends and regional differences in migrant kidnappings, and an in-depth analysis of migrant kidnappers’…
Territorial Tensions: Explaining Baja California’s Recent Wave of Violence
Soenen, Christian, September 2018
The Intersection of Global Fragility and Climate Risks
Ashley Moran, Josh Busby, Clionadh Raleigh, Todd Smith, Roudabeh Kishi, Nisha Krishnan, and Charles Wight, USAID, 2018
Fragility and Climate Risks in Bangladesh
Ashley Moran, Clionadh Raleigh, Josh Busby, Charles Wight, and Nisha Krishnan, USAID, 2018
Fragility and Climate Risks in Colombia
Ashley Moran, Clionadh Raleigh, Josh Busby, and Charles Wight, USAID, 2018
Fragility and Climate Risks in Nigeria
Ashley Moran, Clionadh Raleigh, Josh Busby, and Charles Wight, USAID, 2018