Ecuador, wedged between Colombia and Peru, was once known as an island of peace in the Andes. In 2020, its homicide rate was 6.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, one of the lowest in the region. Today, drug trafficking and associated gang violence have fractured this peace. In January 2024, cartel members, armed with explosives, took television […]
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From Libya to Syria: Navigating Displacement Crises Post-Regime
Background The First Libyan Civil War and the Syrian Civil War were part of the broader Arab Spring uprisings that began in Tunisia in late 2010 and spread across the Middle East and North Africa. Both civil wars began in 2011 and emerged from a wave of protests demanding economic and social dignity, democracy, and […]
Donation Campaign by the UDEM Committee at the Casanicolás Shelter
This month, students from the USCRI RECIBE Committee at the UDEM delivered this month’s donations to the Casanicolás shelter as part of their permanent campaign to support forcibly displaced people in their city. On this occasion, they were able to collect and deliver 100 articles of clothing, a pair of tennis shoes, and five packages […]
Fourth Student Committee Meeting
The fourth Student Committee meeting – or “Claustro” – was held on March 21st and 22nd in our home city of Aguascalientes. We were pleased to receive 11 intelligent, empathetic, and affable representatives from seven of our partner universities. The primary objective of this Claustro was to create a space for our attendees to train […]
REDII: Capacity Training and New Employment Opportunities for Kenia and Karla
With the support of USCRI, two young people, Kenia and Karla, have undergone vocational training in El Salvador. Kenia graduated from the “Entrepreneurship Incubation Program” taught by the Salvadoran Red Cross in Chalatenango. Through this program, she developed an original business model for selling typical snacks in her community. Meanwhile, in San Salvador, Karla has […]
Programa REDII: Capacitación y oportunidad de empleo para Kenia y Karla
Con el apoyo de la USCRI, dos jóvenes, Kenia Quintanilla y Karla Alemán, han recibido formación profesional en El Salvador. Kenia se graduó del «Programa de Incubación de Emprendimientos» impartido por la Cruz Roja Salvadoreña en Chalatenango. A través de este programa, desarrolló un original modelo de negocio para la venta de bocadillos típicos de […]
Situation Update: Sudan April 2025
The situation in Sudan continues to deteriorate as the country approaches two years in a civil war that has caused humanitarian catastrophe. War between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted on April 15, 2023. Both sides have committed atrocities. In January 2025, the U.S. Department of State determined that […]
4° Claustro de la Red de Comités para la Integración y Bienvenida
El Cuarto Claustro de Comités, llevado a cabo los días 21 y 22 de marzo, tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Aguascalientes, con la participación de 11 representantes de los Comités Estudiantiles de siete universidades aliadas. El principal objetivo del Claustro fue crear espacios de capacitación y vinculación entre los asistentes, todo esto con la […]
Campaña de donación del Comité UDEM en el albergue Casanicolás
Este mes, estudiantes del Comité RECIBE de USCRI en la Universidad de Monterrey realizaron una nueva entrega de donativos como parte de su campaña permanente de apoyo a personas en situación de movilidad. En esta ocasión, lograron reunir y entregar 100 prendas de ropa, un par de tenis y cinco paquetes de toallas femeninas, gracias […]
What is Climate Migration?
In 2024, extreme weather events forced more than 800,000 people from their homes—the highest year on record. Climate-related environmental disasters are becoming only more common. Despite this mounting crisis, there remains no reliable humanitarian immigration pathway for people seeking safety from environmental disaster. People forced to move because of climate-related environmental disasters lack legal […]
