12/02/2020
Food Security and (Forced) Migration through Mexico
Join us for a special eventon Friday, December 11 from 11:00-1:30 pm EST on food security and migration.
The migration corridor between Mexico and the United States is among the most active worldwide. In 2017,70,000 migrants primarily from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, transited Mexico to reach the United States. During migration, individuals face many challenges in meeting their most basic needs, including access to food, shelter, and health care often depending heavily on humanitarian assistance.
Recent studies have found that 74% of international migrants in transit through Mexico experienced moderate and severe food insecurity, with many not eating for multiple consecutive days and employing emergency coping strategies.
Join the researchers leading these studies, migrant service providers, and international organizations overseeing strategies to meet evolving migrant needs to discuss the context of food insecurity in the migration corridor in Mexico, the contributing factors and implications of widespread food insecurity among migrants, and current challenges to migrant healthand safety.
This conference (https://ilas.columbia.edu/events/food-security-and-forced-migration-through-mexico) will be in English and Spanish.
For more information or to register, please visit this link.
https://ilas.columbia.edu/events/food-security-and-forced-migration-through-mexico
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email. You can also check out the Facebook event here! https://www.facebook.com/events/686684142017843%20%20facebook.com/cmscolumbia
