A Venezuelan family at the Colombia/Ecuador border, August 2018. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_Venezuelan_family_hopes_to_cross_the_border_between_Ecuador_and_Colombia_on_their_return_trip_to_Venezuela.jpg">Voice of America/Public Domain</a>
A Venezuelan family at the Colombia/Ecuador border, August 2018. CREDIT: Voice of America/Public Domain

Migration in the Americas, Empathy, & Politics, with Daniela Segovia

Oct 29, 2019

Political scientist Daniela Segovia, currently an Eisenhower Fellow, discusses the importance of empathy when working on and thinking about migration policy in Latin America. She also touches on her own story as a Venezuelan migrant living in Mexico. What should governments and international organizations be doing? How can concerned citizens help?

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