India, Oct. 7 -- Violence, territorial control by criminal groups and restrictive migration policies are forcing people across Latin America into displacement and increasingly risky journeys, according to the regional protection monitoring platform ProLAC.
Criminal groups driving displacement
At the VIII Ibero-American Summit on Human Mobility in Cartagena, Colombia, ProLAC called for stronger regional cooperation and greater sharing of protection data to improve early warning systems and humanitarian responses. The platform draws on monitoring by 20 partner organisations across eight Latin American countries.
70% of internally displaced people identified the presence or activities of organised criminal groups or non-state armed actors a...