PB#01: Three Decades of Migration from the Northern Triangle of Central America: A Historical and Demographic Outlook
Carla Pederzini, Fernando Riosmena, Claudia Masferrer and Noemy Molina
In spite of a major economic slowdown in 2007-2009 and an increasing escalation of immigration and border enforcement in both the United States and Mexico over the last decade, unauthorized migration from the Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA, i.e., El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) has persisted. In light of a historical and demographic overview, we offer a set of basic policy recommendations for the management of the different migration flows, and the establishment of new data and research needs to better understand their drivers and future trends
