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JIPS TECHNICAL MISSION TO CENTRAL AMERICA General Debrief

Ivan Cardona, IM Manager/Profiling AdvisorGeneva, 29th April 2014


1. Background and context

2. JIPS involvement in the region

3. Technical Mission– Objectives– Main activities – Outputs

4. Recommended next steps

5. Continued support (JIPS and others)

Agenda



2. JIPS Involvement in the region


4. Preliminary profiling results


Agenda


• Historical migration flows of different motives / nature (economic, family (UASC), human trafficking)


• Intensification of security crises in the region over the last decade, mainly due to expansion of gangs and organized crime activities.


• Similar trend observed in asylum seekers from the region in the same period


Sources: El Salvador: Dirección General de Migración y ExtranjeríaGuatemala: Dirección General de MigraciónHonduras: Centro de Atención al Migrante Retornado

46% increased between 2011 and 2013

More than 185,000 in 2013, 60% from EE.UU. (by air) and 40% from México (by land)

Most are nationals from Guatemala, but Honduras reports the highest increase (70%)

NTCA Population Deported and Returned from United States and Mexico: 2011 – 2012 - 2013


Guidance Note on Asylum Seeking Applications Related to Gangs

Initial Diagnosis (CIDEHUM, 2012)

Country of Origin Papers

Coordination mechanism / partnerships at regional and national level

Network with local and regional organizations

Coordination with other international organizations

Preliminary Activities







Agenda


• Who? Jun/13 request led by UNHCR’s Central America Regional Office, in coordination / collaboration with:

Regional organisations (SICA)

Governments (Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Interior, Migration Boards)

Human rights institutions (Ministries, Ombudsman Offices)

National implementing partners (NGOs, HS, PMH, etc.)

Universities and research centres (UNAH, IUDPAS, UCA)

Other UN agencies and INGOs: ICRC and Save the Children (ECHO Funds), OCHA (REDLAC), NRC (ACAPS secondary data review) + Others

• What? Information gathering activities to assess the magnitude, patterns and trends of displacement generated by transnational organized crime (TOC) and other situations of violence (OSV) in NTCA

Support Request


• Why? Awareness raising and advocacy on humanitarian impact of security crises to inform (national, regional and international) policy development

• How? Mix of secondary data review and analysis and primary data collection

Characterization of returned/deported population (3 countries) Profiling of internal displacement populations (Honduras) Monitoring systems / networks (Guatemala and Honduras)

• When? July/13 to Dec/14

• Funds? ECHO + UNHCR

• JIPS? Technical and coordination guidance of activities, through a mix of remote and field-based support

Harmonization of regional studies (methodologies, reports) Secondary data review and statistical analysis in Honduras Design of snapshot profiling exercise in Honduras


• 1 week during October 2013, with the following objectives / activities:

Review of existing/available information

Engagement / discussions with relevant stakeholders

Roadmap for 2014 (regional studies, snapshot profiling)

• Clear desirability and feasibility of profiling activities in the region, particularly in Honduras, due to coordination platform (Inter-institutional Commission)

• Recommendations

Complete a full review and analysis of secondary data available related to forced displacement

Organize an inter-agency workshop to present and analyse the findings

Based on such findings, discuss objectives and methodology for a snapshot profiling exercise in Honduras

JIPS First Mission


• 2 weeks during March/April 2014, based in Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

• Main objectives:

Facilitate the dissemination and analysis of findings from the initial secondary review Set-up the main elements for the planning and design of a snapshot profiling exercise in Honduras

• Main activities :

Facilitation of a technical regional workshop Facilitation of an inter-institutional workshop in Honduras Joint development of an initial concept note for the Honduras profiling exercise Meetings with key actors to discuss specific collaboration for profiling

JIPS Second Mission


1) Facilitation of a technical regional workshop

1) Researchers in charge of the different studies in the 3 countries, plus experts working in related activities in Mexico and EE.UU.

2) Comparison of conceptual frameworks/definitions, methodologies and preliminary results

3) Identification of common challenges and limitations of existing data

4) Recommendations towards standardization of terminology and analysis

5) Identified need to produce a comparative analysis report

6) Interest to promote future exchange of information, discussions (CoP)


Direct evidence of external migration due to violence/insecurity, but potentially underestimated

Need to complement with correlations analysis (links migration/criminality)Reasons for migration Total

Registers % Registers % Registers %

Economic reasons 4226 86% 1921 89% 2260 79% 8,407

Violence related reasons

284 6% 71 3% 327 12% 682

Social reasons 37 1% 23 1% 14 1% 74

Family reasons 180 4% 80 4% 153 5% 513

Others 145 3% 68 3% 93 3% 306

Total 4872 100% 2163 100% 2847 100% 9982

Guatemala El SalvadorHonduras

Source: Red de Documentación de las Organizaciones Defensoras de Migrantes (2013), Narrativas de la Transmigración centroamericana en su paso por México.


Direct evidence of internal migration due to violence/insecurity in Honduras, but potentially underestimated


Indirect evidence of correlation between internal migration and criminality (16% to 33%)


2) Facilitation of an inter-institutional workshop in Honduras

Co-hosted by M. of Human Rights and CIPRODEH, w/ support from UNHCR & ECHO Representatives from government agencies, CSOs, NGOs, INGOs, academics, donors Positive reception of the efforts to provide solid quantitative evidence on the links between

internal migration and criminality and first approximation of magnitude, and geographic distribution

Shared consensus on the need to collect primary data to fill the gaps of existing sources Buy-in and direct ownership from the Inter-institutional Commission on IDPs to led such

exercise General agreement on next steps and the main methodological elements.


3) Joint development of initial concept note for Honduras profiling exercise







Agenda


• Finalization and harmonization of country-specific and regional studies

Standardization

Comparative analysis

• Implementation of profiling exercise in Honduras

Fundraising support to the Commission (UNHCR for coordination team, JIPS for qualitative mapping, M. of Human Rights for part of data collection costs, others to fill the gaps?)

Handover of methodology and tools development to INE

Coordination platform defined

Coordination team in place

Kick-start the qualitative mapping

Next Steps


• Training and capacity building

Local expertise and capacity needs to be complemented with knowledge and training in internal displacement (frameworks, profiling, etc)

Beyond the snapshot profiling, the objective is to build capacity at national and local level to monitor internal displacement in the future

• Continued coordination with other activities in the region

Input to ACAPS secondary data review

Input to IDMC country page and advocacy activities







Agenda


• Remote support for the finalization of preliminary studies (April/May)

• Support for the development/drafting of a comparative analysis (May)

• Finalization of methodology and design of tools (May/June)

• Identification of an appropriate Profiling Coordinator or Coordination Team (May/June)

• Support fundraising activities (May/June)

• Conduct additional field missions during key moments of the profiling (i.e. training, analysis), if required by partners (June/Dec)

Continued JIPS Support


Thank you!

For more information, please visit:http://

www.jips.org/en/field-support/country-operations/central-america/central-america-2013-14


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