Download or read book Central America written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Central America written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO provided information on the conditions of Salvadoran and Nicaraguan refugees and displaced persons in Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. GAO found that: (1) about 120,000 Central American refugees, including about 28,000 refugees from El Salvador and about 48,000 from Nicaragua, registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and were receiving food, education, and health care assistance; (2) the number of refugees not registered with UNHCR is believed to be several times greater than the number of registered refugees; (3) over 200,000 Salvadorans have been displaced within their own country; (4) camps in Costa Rica had running water and electricity, but refugee camps in Honduras and displaced persons sites in El Salvador did not; and (5) although many refugees have repatriated, continuing conflicts in the region have discouraged others from returning to their countries.
Download or read book Central America written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Central America written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Central America Conditions of Refugees and Displaced Persons written by United States. General Accounting Office. National Security and International Affairs Division and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Conditions Creating Refugees and U S Asylum Seekers from Central America written by Thomas J. Schulz and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Refugees and U S Asylum Seekers from Central America written by Nancy R. Kingsbury and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Central America written by Stati Uniti. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Refugees and Displaced Persons in Central America written by Patricia Weiss Fagen and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the situation of refugees and displaced persons in Central America with particular emphasis on assistance and protection issues and on the US Government's policy in the region. It is divided into five parts. The first contains an overview of refugee exoduses and movements of displaced persons within Central America and Mexico. The author suggests that the US Government has not paid sufficient attention to the problems of refugees and displaced persons in Central America, despite the fact that US contributions to UNHCR have been an essential component in the international refugee programmes in that region. The legal status of refugees and protection issues in each country are examined in the second and third parts. The author notes that Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and, recently, Guatemala and El Salvador are signatories to the UN 1951 Convention and its 1967 Protocol. At the same time, she observes that there are no refugee programmes in Guatemala and that the UNHCR has neither been invited to investigate the conditions of the 70,000 Salvadorians there nor to establish programmes to help them. It is pointed out that, while adhering to the principle of non-refoulement, the Mexican Government has been under pressure both internally and also from the US Government to pursue repatriation negotiations with the Guatemalan Government, and that some Salvadorian refugees may have been sent back across the border to Guatemala. The author argues that displaced persons are on the whole more vulnerable than refugee groups to repression and assault, and she notes that the situation in El Salvador has been recognized as a major humanitarian emergency by the Government. The two final parts of the report contain the conclusions and recommendations. The author's recommendations include: 1) assistance programmes should be channelled through local churches or other independent agencies; 2) the US Government should ensure that its assistance programmes be administered by social service agencies, not the military as is the case in Guatemala; 3) there should be an increased international presence in Nicaragua to exert a humanitarian influence in issues concerning Miskito Indians; 4) the US should continue to support ICRC programmes in Nicaragua; 5) US assistance programmes in El Salvador should be less politicized; and 6) the US Government should avoid allowing political and military considerations to take precedence over the protection of refugees. In conclusion, the author suggests that the restoration of peace in the region would result in voluntary repatriation.
Download or read book Refugee Problems in Central America written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Central America Conditions of Guatemalan Refugees and Displaced Persons written by N.R. (ed.) Kingsbury and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report by the United States General Accounting Office provides information on the conditions of Guatemalan refugees and displaced persons in Mexico and Guatemala. The report includes information on the number, locations, and living conditions of Guatemalan refugees and displaced persons; the assistance provided them by the United Nations agencies and host governments; and Guatemalan repatriation efforts. The report examines in detail the population of displaced persons and repatriates. Special attention is given to the efforts by the Guatemalan Government in the repatriation of Guatemalan refugees and the internal resettlement of displaced persons within Guatemala. Mention is also made of the difficult economic and living conditions facing those returning to their places of origin. A separate chapter gives information on the numbers and locations of Guatemalan refugees in Mexico, including their legal status and living conditions in specific camps and settlements. The last chapter of the report analyses the prospects for repatriation. It indicates that whereas most refugees remain reluctant to return, Guatemalan government officials have said that they would welcome the return of refugees if repatriation would proceed at its present rate.
Download or read book Central America written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the conditions of Guatemalan refugees and displaced persons in Mexico and Guatemala, focusing on: (1) the number, locations, and living conditions of Guatemalan refugees and displaced persons; (2) the assistance that the United Nations (UN) and host governments provided them; and (3) Guatemalan repatriation efforts. GAO found that: (1) as of December 1988, 42,000 of the 43,000 UN-registered refugees were living in Mexico; (2) UN has assisted the Guatemalan and Mexican governments in repatriating the nearly 200,000 refugees who fled Guatemala; (3) many repatriates and displaced persons who returned to remote regions faced uncertain security, since they returned to areas where sporadic fighting still continued; (4) land disputes confronted many refugees when they tried to return to their places of origin and recoup their abandoned lands, and many experienced the difficult economic conditions that the general Guatemalan population faced; (5) the Guatemalan government provided food, shelter, medical attention, and the basic necessities for reintegration, but needed additional assistance because of the limited economic opportunities and severely underdeveloped infrastructure in rural areas; (6) the Mexican government allowed large numbers of refugees into southern Mexico and provided temporary visas and basic assistance to UN-registered persons, but did not officially recognize them as refugees; (7) an estimated 150,000 Guatemalans who sought refuge in Mexico were not UN-registered; and (8) although Mexico discouraged permanent settlement where agricultural land and other resources were scarce, the more sparsely populated Mexican states offered Guatemalans opportunities to integrate into the general economy and become self-sufficient.
Download or read book Repatriation Under Conflict in Central America written by Mary Ann Larkin and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Central American Refugees written by Elizabeth G. Ferris and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1987 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book We Have a Voice and We Can Speak written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report discusses the findings of a delegation visiting Central America to study the situation of Central American refugees, especially women and children, and to develop recommendations to facilitate their return and reintegration. Improving the conditions of refugee women in Central America means improving the conditions of all women. Some women have broken the traditional division of labour in order to provide for their families, but some humanitarian agencies help widows only. This has led to conflicts and the shunning of single women and widows. Women's health levels must be raised and women must have access to resources. Alleviating women's poverty requires the political will to reform and to ensure a more equal distribution of resources. Where agrarian reforms have taken place legislation should allow women to inherit and to gain title to land. Alternative systems of access and tenure should be considered. Without land as collateral women cannot obtain credit which is needed to increase their productivity and income. Needing the co-signature of a husband or father, or a loan, is a major obstacle to the growing number of women who are widowed, divorced, abandoned or single heads of households. Women should be included in loan programmes; group responsibility for payback, flexible repayment schemes and technical assistance should be provided. Health is related to women's productive capacity and ability to look after families. Assisting women to grow more and better food crops will increase incomes and improve nutrition. Women should also have primary and reproductive health care. Linking these needs is education, which has a direct influence on women's relationships, child-bearing and economic opportunities. Women who attend primary school tend to marry later and have fewer children. Their children are more likely to attend school and be healthier. The report urges the international community, especially the United States Government and the UNHCR, to continue support during peacetime reconstruction in Central America. The report also makes recommendations to the governments and countries of the region.
Download or read book Refugees in Central America written by World Council of Churches. Refugee Service and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This May issue is devoted to a consideration of the situation in Central America. Central America refugees are concentrated in countries in the region with relatively stable governments: Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Canada and the USA. It is estimated that 85% are in North America. As the political situation in Central America has deteriorated, NGOs and churches have had increasingly difficult relations with governments and with UNHCR. In Central America refugees and displaced persons are often considered subversives and those who work with them are suspected of supporting subservice movements. Very considerable packages of economic assistance are being prepared for the region but it is not yet clear whether aid will be channelled solely through governments or partly through NGOs. The role of UNHCR is also unclear. Some of the factors affecting the climate for NGOs and churches include: the proliferation of NGOs; the tendency of Central American governments to create their own 'NGOs' to administer funds and programmes for refugees; the tendency of UN agencies to become operational rather than to work through NGOs; and the growing importance of refugee organisations. The article then discusses the situation in various countries of the region: in Costa Rica, where the main refugee population is Nicaraguan; in Honduras, where the majority of refugees are from El Salvador; in Mexico, where there is a large refugee population including many in transit to the USA. Entry into the USA and Canada has become much more difficult recently and there is fear that the immigration 'crisis' will be used to justify hard-line deterrence policies in the USA and the construction of major detention centres along the Mexico border. Given the trend of developments in the region and the waning prospects of peace and justice it is more important than ever that NGOs work together to protect the interests of refugees.
