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Young People Under 24 from Rural Areas Constitute the Greater Part of Emigration from Northern Central America

In Marrakech today, ECLAC and FAO presented a document that examines the main causes and salient characteristics of the migratory phenomenon in countries of the subregion.

Foreign Ministers of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico with Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary and Hugo Beteta Director of the ECLAC Subregional headquarters in Mexico.

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Foreign Ministers of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico Presented Comprehensive Development Plan in the Framework of the Conference on the Global Compact for Migration

The regional initiative will change the paradigm of migration, development and cooperation between northern Central America and Mexico, under ECLAC’s auspices.

Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary during her presentation.

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Understanding and Addressing Regional Dimensions is Crucial for Guaranteeing Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, participated today in the Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration, being held in Marrakech.

Side-event organized by UN regional economic commissions.

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Global Compact for Migration Provides a Framework of Non-Binding Shared Principles to Confront an Inherently Cross-Border Issue: Alicia Bárcena

At the start of her participation in the Intergovernmental Conference for Migration that is being held in Marrakech, Morocco, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary addressed the global agreement’s relevance from a regional perspective.

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ECLAC proposes strategic guidelines to increase the efficiency of Latin American and Caribbean economies, based on equality and sustainability and within the framework of the 2030 Agenda.

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El primer Atlas de migración de Centroamérica muestra la magnitud del fenómeno

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Young People Under 24 from Rural Areas Constitute the Greater Part of Emigration from Northern Central America

Foreign Ministers of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico Presented Comprehensive Development Plan in the Framework of the Conference on the Global Compact for Migration

Understanding and Addressing Regional Dimensions is Crucial for Guaranteeing Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

Global Compact for Migration Provides a Framework of Non-Binding Shared Principles to Confront an Inherently Cross-Border Issue: Alicia Bárcena

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International trade in goods of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017

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Press briefing on the Atlas of migration in Northern Central America (Marrakech Conference)

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Plan Tricamex busca abordar migración con integralidad

Conférence intergouvernementale sur la migration: Présentation d’un Atlas sur la migration dans le Nord de l’Amérique centrale

El primer Atlas de migración de Centroamérica muestra la magnitud del fenómeno

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