Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
In this webinar by the Duke University Center for International and Global Studies, Giovanni Lepri, Mexico Representative of United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), discussed the situation of Haitian migration to Mexico, which reached unprecedented numbers in 2021.
The rapid increase of Haitian asylum seekers challenged Mexican government with a policy dilemma. On the one hand, having resided in Chile and Brazil prior to arrival in Mexico, many Haitians do not qualify for refugee status in Mexico. On the other hand, persisting socio-economic crisis in Haiti makes their repatriation to Haiti highly difficult from humanitarian and logistical point of view.
Mr. Lepri was joined by Piotr Plewa, Visiting Research Scholar at Duke University who recently wrote "Recent Trends in Haitian Migration to Mexico": https://igs.duke.edu/news/recent-trends-haitian-migration-mexico
In this webinar by the Duke University Center for International and Global Studies, Giovanni Lepri, Mexico Representative of United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), discussed the situation of Haitian migration to Mexico, which reached unprecedented numbers in 2021.
The rapid increase of Haitian asylum seekers challenged Mexican government with a policy dilemma. On the one hand, having resided in Chile and Brazil prior to arrival in Mexico, many Haitians do not qualify for refugee status in Mexico. On the other hand, persisting socio-economic crisis in Haiti makes their repatriation to Haiti highly difficult from humanitarian and logistical point of view.
Mr. Lepri was joined by Piotr Plewa, Visiting Research Scholar at Duke University who recently wrote "Recent Trends in Haitian Migration to Mexico": https://igs.duke.edu/news/recent-trends-haitian-migration-mexico
