1. XVII Regional Conference on Migration Panama City, Panama June 19-23, 2012

2. Regional trends  Global Trends 2011  Increase of Cuban nationals  Movements of Haitian nationals  Persons of extra continental origin  Violence and forced displacement COMMON CHALLENGES

3. Activities and processes  Training of trainers: asylum-migration nexus and UASC  UASC as a priority  Quality Assurance Initiative

4. Country developments  Dominican Republic: census and reactivation of CONARE.  Mexico: Bylaw on Refugee Legislation and Complementary Protection and General Law to Prevent, Sanction and Erradicate Crimes related to Trafficking in Persons and Protetcion and Assistance of victims of these crimes  Panamá: Law giving accesss to residency to persons with PTH

5. Country developments  Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador: in proccess of adhering to statelessness conventions  Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama: national procedure to determine stateless status  New legislative advancements on trafficking

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