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JIPS TECHNICAL MISSION TO CENTRAL AMERICA General Debrief

JIPS TECHNICAL MISSION TO CENTRAL AMERICA General Debrief. Ivan Cardona, IM Manager/Profiling Advisor Geneva, 29 th April 2014. Background and context JIPS involvement in the region Technical Mission Objectives Main activities Outputs Recommended next steps

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JIPS TECHNICAL MISSION TO CENTRAL AMERICA General Debrief

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  1. JIPS TECHNICAL MISSION TO CENTRAL AMERICA General Debrief Ivan Cardona, IM Manager/Profiling Advisor Geneva, 29th April 2014

  2. Background and context • JIPS involvement in the region • Technical Mission • Objectives • Main activities • Outputs • Recommended next steps • Continued support (JIPS and others) • Agenda

  3. Background and context • JIPS Involvement in the region • Technical Mission • Objectives • Main activities • Outputs • Preliminary profiling results • Continued support (JIPS and others) • Agenda

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

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

  6. Similar trend observed in asylum seekers from the region in the same period

  7. NTCA Population Deported and Returned from United States and Mexico: 2011 – 2012 - 2013 • 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%) Sources: El Salvador: Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería Guatemala: Dirección General de Migración Honduras: Centro de Atención al Migrante Retornado

  8. 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

  9. Background and context • JIPS Involvement in the region • Technical Mission • Objectives • Main activities • Outputs • Recommended next steps • Continued support (JIPS and others) • Agenda

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Facilitation of a technical regional workshop • Researchers in charge of the different studies in the 3 countries, plus experts working in related activities in Mexico and EE.UU. • Comparison of conceptual frameworks/definitions, methodologies and preliminary results • Identification of common challenges and limitations of existing data • Recommendations towards standardizationof terminology and analysis • Identified need to produce a comparative analysis report • Interest to promote future exchange of information, discussions (CoP)

  15. Direct evidence of external migration due to violence/insecurity, but potentially underestimated • Need to complement with correlations analysis (links migration/criminality) Source: Red de Documentación de las Organizaciones Defensoras de Migrantes (2013), Narrativas de la Transmigración centroamericana en su paso por México.

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

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

  18. 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.

  19. Joint development of initial concept note for Honduras profiling exercise

  20. Background and context • JIPS Involvement in the region • Technical Mission • Objectives • Main activities • Outputs • Recommended next steps • Continued support (JIPS and others) • Agenda

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. Background and context • JIPS Involvement in the region • Technical Mission • Objectives • Main activities • Outputs • Recommended next steps • Continued support (JIPS and others) • Agenda

  24. 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

  25. Thank you! For more information, please visit: http://www.jips.org/en/field-support/country-operations/central-america/central-america-2013-14

  26. Questions ?

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