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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Alice Speri

US ‘Safe Mobility’ resettlement programme is working but too narrow: Report

A Bolivian migrant carries a baby across the Darien Gap from Colombia to Panama to reach the US border in May 2023 [Ivan Valencia/AP Photo]

A new report indicates that a year-old initiative to address irregular migration to the United States has been a relative success — but restrictions have limited the programme’s potential benefits.

On Thursday, the Mixed Migration Centre, a research and policy organisation, released an analysis of the Safe Mobility Offices (SMOs), an effort by the US government to discourage migration through the country’s southern border.

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