Border Observatory:

No Queda de Otra: An Exploration of the Root Causes of Forced Migration to the Southern Border.

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This summer, HOPE spoke to dozens of people on the move in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and posed the question: “What led you to leave your home?” The answers revealed a confluence of natural and human-made disasters, economic structures that impoverish and state failure to protect people experiencing both generalized and gender-based violence. The COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricanes Eta and Iota were the final straw for many people whose already thin safety nets were stripped away.