Abstract
The Brazil PAB Action Plan (2014-2024), was promoted based on the evaluation of the Mexico Action Plan (2004-2014), which proposed responses to the crisis unleashed by Colombian cross-border forced migration in the first decade of the XXI century, when the internal armed conflict intensified. A phenomenon that persisted, although with decreasing levels, during the peace talks (2012-2016) and after the signing of the Final Agreement between the Colombian State and the former FARC-EP (2016). Between 2000 and 2016, close to 80% of Colombian forced migration took place in the South. During the first fifteen years of the new century, Colombia was the main country of origin of people in need of international protection in the region. Within the framework of the second triennial evaluation of the PAB, focus groups and in-depth interviews were carried out with 166 people of different nationalities, with needs for international protection in five Latin American countries. The objective was to contrast the responses received by the affected populations with the formulation and application of the regional response. The findings showed that protection standards are still fragile in the face of political instability in the region. Without long-term political commitments, responses are temporary and uncertain.
Keywords:
Brazil Action Plan; international protection; asylum and refugee; Colombia