International Migrants Day 2025
December 18th is International Migrants Day, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000 in response to the increase in migration flows worldwide.
One of the main precedents for the creation of this commemoration lies in the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families by the UN in 1990. Then, in 2016, it approved a set of measures that materialized in the New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants, which recognizes the positive work of migrants and commits to protecting the safety, dignity, freedom and human rights of migrants.
Despite this, migrants still face situations of discrimination, inequality, stigmatization, xenophobia, racism and various related forms of intolerance.
For CLACSO, migration has been a central theme in its declaration of principles since its founding in 1967, reflected in its research, conferences, and publications, and is a key focus of its Platforms for Social Dialogue. Among others, the following materials are noteworthy:
How to stop the mistreatment of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic? – InfoCLACSO May 14, 2025
Migrants and human rights under threat – 27/01/2025
PODCAST The Martyrdom of Central American Immigrants
Crossing the border: hostility, vulnerability, resilience and dreams of migrants – Organized by the CLACSO Working Group “Violence, governments and democracy”
Migrant children in contexts of violence: challenges from the State, the family and Human Rights in the Darien corridor
Central American migrants left to their own devices? – InfoCLACSO October 18, 2023
Books:
Migration, State and policies – Dynamics of migrant movements and organizations and government responses
The kaleidoscope of migration in the Global South and North – Mobility, work and housing – Mariela Paula Díaz [Compiler]
Migration, health and inequalities – Critical activist research on the Ecuadorian borders – Roberta Villalón [Author]
Migration and mobility in the Americas - Alberto Hernández Hernández. Amalia E. Campos-Delgado [Coordinators]
(Rethinking the link betweenmigration and crisis – Perspectives from Latin America and Europe
Cloud ERP Implementation - Iréri Ceja Cárdenas. Soledad Álvarez Velasco. Ulla D. Berg [Coordinators]
Migrant women – Career path and human development perspective
Mobilities, border control and migrant struggles - Liliana Rivera Sánchez. Gioconda Herrera. Eduardo Domenech [Coordinators]
Labor migrants and forcibly displaced persons in the Americas – Overexploitation and securitization
The faces of skilled migration – Intersectional Studies in Latin America – Claudia Pedone. Carmen Gómez Martín [Coordinators]
Migration and urban space – Intercultural scenarios in the City of Buenos Aires and the AMBA (Greater Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area) – Carolina Mera [Compiler]
Perspectives on migration, theborders and exiles – Enrique Coraza de los Santos. Soledad Lastra [Editors]
HIV, migration and human rights – International perspectives
Intraregional migration in Latin America – Society, legislation and challenges in a complex world – Loreto Correa Vera [Editor]
Migrations and resistance in global spaces. Presentation of books by the CLACSO Working Groups
The Haitian migration system in South America: Projects, mobilities, and migration policies
