A Road Full of Obstacles: Central American Migrants and Refugees in Mexico [] Lifelong Learning Program

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  • A Road Full of Obstacles:
    Central American Migrants and Refugees in Mexico

    Maricela Daniel, Rhonda Berkower, and Megan McCormick

    Four classes: Wednesday 11, Friday 13, Wednesday 18, and Friday 20

    Class 1:00 – 3:00, social hour 3:00 – 4:00

    625 pesos

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    As the United States closes its doors to record numbers of Central Americans seeking refuge, Mexico’s role as a country of transit and asylum is undergoing dramatic changes and challenges. This course will look at the specific causes of Central American migration, including the recent caravans. We will discuss Mexico’s changing refugee policy, its role as a buffer for the United States, and the policy and procedural challenges Mexico faces. We will highlight the conditions faced by migrants and asylum seekers in Mexico and upon arrival in the United States, where they face prolonged detention, family separation, and increasingly restrictive asylum policies and procedures. The course will conclude with a focus on the role of non-governmental and other humanitarian organizations in Mexico, including migrant shelters.

    Maricela Daniel is a Mexican National with Masters degrees in International Law and International Development.  She worked for 23 years in the area of human rights and refugees for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNICEF, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights in many countries around the world.   

    Rhonda Berkower practiced immigration law for 20 years, taught in the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, and currently volunteers at the Immigration Unit at Greater Boston Legal Services, helping Latin Americans with political asylum claims.

    Megan McCormick is an active volunteer at the FM4 Paso Libre, a shelter for migrants and refugees in Guadalajara, Mexico.


    Announcing the 2019-2020 Lifelong Learning Program Courses


    The Lifelong Learning Program at the Centro Cultural / Instituto Allende provides San Miguel de Allende residents and visitors with the opportunity of taking courses designed for self-enrichment, intellectual stimulation, and fun. Courses are designed for adult learners by skilled instructors. All program staff and instructors are volunteers in order to keep tuition as low as possible. All courses take place in the Lifelong Learning Program classroom on the upper level of the Instituto, Ancha de San Antonio 22.


    We offer approximately two dozen courses from October through March. There are two to seven two-hour classes per course. For schedules and fees, which include social hour snacks after each class, or lunch in one-day courses, please see course descriptions below. The program is an excellent way to meet interesting new people and to indulge your intellectual curiosity. Now you can finally take those intriguing courses you never had time to take in school, but with no homework, exams, or grades!


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