Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The sections below contain links to non-government organizations, inter-governmental and governmental agencies, scholarly resources, databases, and periodicals that deal with migration in Latin America and the Caribbean. Each section of the guide below contains one set of resources that focus on the region as a whole, and another set of resources that are pertinent to a particular country or case study. While supporting research on a number of topics related to the business and economics around Latin America and the Caribbean, these lists also serve as an introductory guide to the types of resources available to researchers who are interested in such issues and initiatives throughout the region.

Regional

• Center for Latin American Migration Studies (CEMLA)
• Migration Policy Institute (MPI): South America
• Inter-American Dialogue: Migration, Remittances, and Development
• Center for Population Studies Elza Berquo
• Center for Immigration Studies
• Institution for Women Migrations (IMUMI)
• Internally Displaced Monitoring Centre
• HIAS-Latin America

Country and Case Studies

• Chilean Catholic Institute of Migration (INCAMI)
• Sin Fronteras (Mexico)
• Center of Immigrant Social Rights (Cenderos) (Costa Rica)
• Argentine Commission for Refugees and Migrants
• Compassiva (Brazil)

Regional

• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Regional Conference on Migration
• South American Conference on Migration
• Organization of American States Committee on Migration Issues
• Caribbean Migration Consulations (CMC)
• UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Country and Case Studies

• Guatemalan Institute of Migration
• Government Ministries on Migration (Ecuador)
• National Migration Directorate (Argentina)
• Institute of Mexicans Abroad (Mexico)
• General Directorate of Migration and Foreigners (El Salvador)
• National Institute of Migration (Dominican Republic)
• General Directorate of Migration and Foreigners (Costa Rica)
• US Citizenship and Immigration Service (El Salvador Office)

Regional

• Immigration History Research Center
• Forced Migration Review
• Journal of Refugee Studies
• Migration Policy Institute
• Migraciones Internacionales
• Journal of International Migration and Integration
• Comparative Migration Studies
• Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Country and Case Studies

• Martius-Staden Institute of Sciences, Letters and Brazilian-German Cultural Exchange (Brazil)

Regional

• Latin American Migration Project
• Center for Migration and Development | Princeton University
• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean: Migration Publications List
• Migration Data Portal: Migration Data in Latin America
• Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Publications 
• UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Country and Case Studies

• National Institute of Statistics and Censuses: Population and Migration (Ecuador)
• National Institute of Statistics and Censuses: Migration (Costa Rica)
• Mexican Migration Project (Mexico)
• Immigration in Sao Paulo | Public Archive of the State of Sao Paulo
• Migration Statistics (Paraguay)

Regional

• Univisión -- Immigration News
• El Diario (New York)
• Diario Latinoamericano
• ODISEA: Revista de Estudios Migratorios
• El Nuevo Herald (Miami)
• La Prensa de Houston
• Diario Las Americas
• Hoy (Los Angeles)

Country and Case Studies

• DimeCuba
• HaitiLibre
• Brazil Times

• Centro Centroamericano de Población
• Migration Dialogue