Mexico

Central American migrants face risks in Mexico on journey to US

24/02/13

5:57 minutes (5.46 MB) | 488 reads | 257 downloads | download this file

Hundreds of thousands of Central American migrants pass through Mexico on their way to the US each year. Thousands never reach their destination and their families are left searching for answers to the whereabouts of their loved ones. But in a rare case, a missing Honduran migrant was recently found in Veracruz and reconnected to his family. The issue highlights the dangers faced by migrants as they seek better paying work in the North and the challenges faced by families and human rights advocates who try to find those who have gone missing. FSRN’s Andalusia Knoll reports.

Mexico

Advocates call for immigration reform as Mexican president-elect visits Obama in DC

02/12/12

4:33 minutes (4.16 MB) | 298 reads | 229 downloads | download this file

Mexico’s President Elect is in Washington, D.C. today, meeting with US President Barack Obama and congressional leaders, and discussing the economy, immigration, and other pressing issues. The visit of Enrique Peña Nieto comes as Democrats and Republicans in Congress are pushing for immigration reforms. The House of Representatives plans to vote this week on a bill to give more visas to high-skilled foreign workers, while some Senators from border states are pushing a bill to give young undocumented people a path to legal status.

Migration Management / Policies

ODYSSEIA: New audio magazine launched by the Radio 1812 team!

17/09/12

29:34 minutes (54.14 MB) | 2246 reads | 1192 downloads | download this file

This pilot edition focuses on the routes migrants take and the difficulties and challenges they face when moving from one country to another. With reports on Mexico and Morocco and a feature interview with Ska Keller, member of the European Parliament for the Greens, our reporters Nina Haase, Jenni Roth and Ruth Reichstein worked hard to make this first edition worth listening to.

The script for this edition is attached.

Pew Study: The Great Era of Mexican Immigration is Over

01/06/12

5:39 minutes (5.17 MB) | 1123 reads | 262 downloads | download this file

The largest and most sustained immigration trend in US history is over. That’s according to a new analysis of migration between Mexico and the United States that as many Mexicans are leaving the United States as entering, and maybe even more. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jeff Passel, senior demographer at the Pew Hispanic Center.

Migration General

Mexico

ASESINATO DE LA PATRULLA FRONTERIZA

03/05/12

24:30 minutes (22.43 MB) | 444 reads | 199 downloads | download this file

Anastasio Hernández Rojas murió en mayo de 2010 luego de haber sido brutalmente golpeado por varios agentes de la patrulla fronteriza, luego de tratar de entrar a Estados Unidos desde México. Los agentes argumentan que Hernández se resistió al arresto y se comportó agresivamente. Dos años más tarde, un nuevo documental de PBS muestra un video en el que un hombre atado de las manos suplica para que le perdonen la vida, mientras es pateado, golpeado, apaleado y sometido a choques eléctricos insistentemente hasta provocarle la muerte.

Deportación de padres

23/12/11

2:21 minutes (2.15 MB) | 586 reads | 193 downloads | download this file

Expulsion-Repatriation-Return

Mexico

Reportaje especial sobre migración

17/12/11

9:07 minutes (8.35 MB) | 1266 reads | 204 downloads | download this file

La ruta migratoria de Centroamérica a Estados Unidos y su dificil paso por México.

Data Show Fewer Mexicans Migrating to US

17/11/11

9:15 minutes (3.71 MB) | 887 reads | 188 downloads | download this file

With jobs hard to find, fewer Mexicans are choosing to make the trip across the border into the United States, at the same time more are choosing to turn around and head home. Accordingly, for the first time in years, in 2010 the net migration from Mexico was about zero.

Source: The Take Away

Undocumented Migrants

Rumbo al Norte

20/10/11

60:30 minutes (13.85 MB) | 461 reads | 167 downloads | download this file

Mexico

Investigation urged into fate of migrants abducted in Mexico

27/01/11

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Authorities in Mexico are being urged to investigate the kidnapping of some 40 migrants who have been missing for nearly a month.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says the migrants mostly from El Salvador and Guatemala were abducted in highly questionable circumstances while travelling on a freight train in the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico.

Trafficking / Smuggling

Mexico

What is Radio 1812?

Radio 1812 is an initiative launched by December 18 in 2006. It is a global event that brings together migrant groups and radios from around the world to produce, broadcast and share programmes celebrating the achievements and highlighting the concerns of migrants worldwide. Click here to download the progress report.

Click here for a list of participants in 2012

For programs in other languages than English, Spanish or French click here.

ODYSSEIA - AUDIO MAGAZINE

The November issue of Odysseia focuses on the rights of migrant domestic workers and the campaign for the ratification of ILO Convention 189. Click here to listen to it.

The pilot edition of our audio magazine is still available. It focuses on the routes migrants take and the difficulties and challenges they face when moving from one country to another.