Author: Christine Kovic

Con dolor y esperanza, las caravanas migrantes unen a Honduras y Washington

September 3, 2015

Paradójicamente, debido a la limitación en su movilidad–ambos como migrantes sin autorización y como individuos con lesiones–los miembros de AMIREDIS exigen los derechos a la movilidad humana, el derecho a cruzar la frontera con dignidad, y el derecho de todos a vivir una vida con dignidad en su patria.

With Pain and Hope, Migrant Caravan Links Honduras and Washington

August 21, 2015

Paradoxically, from their status of limited mobility—both as unauthorized migrants and as individuals with injuries—the members of AMIREDIS demand the rights of human mobility, the right to cross borders with dignity, and the right of all to live with dignity in their homeland.

La frontera mortal

August 23, 2013

Los familiares, los activistas locales y grupos humanitarios luchan no sólo para que los muertos sean identificados, sino que, y más importante, los migrantes ya no mueran en su intento por cruzar la frontera.

Migrant Deaths and the New Disappeared on the South Texas Border

June 21, 2013

Migrant border deaths are at an all-time high in the state of Texas according to a new report. Over the past two decades thousands of men, women, and children have died attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Even as the number of migrants crossing the border falls, members of the U.S. Congress are pushing for an increase in border “security”, pouring more and more public money into the very enforcement policies that produce the deaths.

A bordo de “La Bestia”

October 7, 2011

Miles de migrantes centroamericanos cruzan México en el tren de mercancías para eludir los puestos de control. Viajar en el techo o a los lados del tren, significa una travesía de días o semanas a pleno sol.

Riding “The Beast”

September 6, 2011

By Christine Kovic From July 25 to August 2 of this year, hundreds of Central American migrants, their family members, and activists participated in […]

Human Rights Caravan Protests Migrant Kidnappings

August 25, 2011

From July 25 to August 2, 2011, hundreds of Central Americans retraced the steps of family members through southern Mexico. They were searching for relatives who have disappeared and demanding respect for immigrant rights. This is Part 1 of the Americas Program three-part series on the caravan and the dire situation of Central American migrants traveling through Mexico.

Los migrantes como objetivos de las políticas de seguridad nacional

July 17, 2011

En los secuestros de migrantes se aprecian la incapacidad y falta de voluntad política del gobierno mexicano para proteger a grupos vulnerables como estos transmigrantes centroamericanos en el contexto de la violencia desencadenada bajo la guerra contra el narco; asimismo revelan los costos de una amplia política de “seguridad” vigente tanto en México como en Estados Unidos que criminaliza a los migrantes en vez de defender sus vidas, su seguridad y sus derechos.

Migrants as Targets of Security Policies

July 11, 2011

On Friday, June 23 a group of Central American migrants crossing Mexico by freight train en route to the United States were kidnapped at gunpoint in Medias Aguas, Veracruz. This is just the latest example of how U.S.-Mexico “security” policy has placed migrants at greater risk than ever.