Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/273704 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Policy Paper No. 195
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Very few labor-based pathways for regular migration are available for people in Northern Central America, often called the 'Northern Triangle' of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. This note briefly summarizes the state of labor-based migration channels in the region. It then argues that extending those channels is a necessary complement to asylum reform even for the goal of humanitarian protection. It concludes by arguing that five recommendations for long-term reform, though difficult, are needed to unleash the maximum shared benefit of these pathways.
Subjects: 
migration
migrant
immigrant
irregular
illegal
unauthorized
undocumented
pressure
development
restrictions
visa
regulation
border
crisis
channels
smugglers
clandestine
Central America
Latin Americastine
JEL: 
F22
J61
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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