{"id":7567,"date":"2023-12-05T09:47:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?p=7567"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:06:36","slug":"the-search-for-protection-a-snapshot-of-latin-american-legal-protection-frameworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2023\/the-search-for-protection-a-snapshot-of-latin-american-legal-protection-frameworks\/","title":{"rendered":"The search for protection: A snapshot of Latin American legal protection frameworks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Main writers of the report: Marta Castro Padr\u00f3n and Luisa Feline Freier<\/a><\/p>\n

The Latin America region is facing several complex emergencies, including the internal and regional impacts of the crisis in Venezuela, the humanitarian consequences of the resurgent armed conflict in Colombia, persistent high levels of generalised violence across Central America and Mexico, and the adverse impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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These conditions combine to create some of the world\u2019s highest forced displacement numbers, and we are currently seeing an unprecedented number of refugees and migrants on the move across the region in search of protection.<\/p>\n

While a number of Latin American countries are rightly recognised as having progressive and humane refugee laws and policies, their application can be inconsistent and protection oftentimes difficult to access. NRC has analysed the legal protection frame works in several Latin American countries to identify key protection challenges and has identified a number which apply across the region:<\/p>\n