To date, 22 countries have endorsed the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, which was launched at the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, USA, on June 10, 2022.

Canada

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Overview

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Action packages

Action Package Leadership

06: Investing in Asylum

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07: Refugee Resettlement and Complementary Pathways

Pillar Two
Action Package Participation

05: Labor Mobility

Pillar Two

Commitments

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  • Canada announced it would provide $55.9 million in development projects to spur job creation in Latin America.

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  • Canada met the commitment to welcome 50,000 agricultural workers from Mexico, Guatemala, and the Caribbean in 2022.

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  • On August 16, Canada announced two capacity-building projects. The first focuses on improving recruitment practices and the integration of migrants and refugees into labor markets in Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras; and the second on the socio-economic integration of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Panama.

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  • Canada announced a new initiative to support IOM efforts in Panama and Costa Rica to establish cross-border referral protocols and build capacity of host countries to identify and assist vulnerable migrants.

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  • Canada is on track to meet its commitment to resettle 4,000 individuals from the region by 2028 and continues to work closely with the UNHCR on these efforts.

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  • Canada announced a new initiative to support IOM’s efforts to strengthen government and civil society capacity to implement effective migration policies and promote well-managed migration in Latin America and the Caribbean. Areas of focus include socio-economic integration of migrants, combatting xenophobia, strengthening border management processes, and raising awareness of the risks associated with irregular migration.

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  • Canada announced a new initiative to strengthen UNHCR’s support of asylum capacity building in Panama through training and mentoring to improve asylum processing and to reduce Panama’s existing backlog of asylum cases.

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  • Under the 2022 Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, Canada assumed the leadership of the Investing in Asylum Action Package Committee (APC) and fellow members Costa Rica, the United States, and Haiti. One of the commitments under the Asylum APC is to “compile existing information on needs, current activities, and available resources into one consolidated mapping of needs and resources related to protection and asylum systems in the Hemisphere.” To meet this commitment, Canada has led a mapping exercise of existing nationally identified asylum system adjudication gaps and priorities in the Americas. The mapping exercise can be found here.

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