Los cruces fronterizos caen pero la presión climática persiste

The document argues that while migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border have decreased due to restrictive policies, climate pressures in Central and South America persist. It encourages journalists to look beyond 'economic migration' to find the underlying climate drivers, such as crop failure and water scarcity, and to view migration as a form of climate adaptation.

• Global climate-driven displacement is significant, with 26.4 million internal displacements recorded in 2023, representing 56% of all displacements that year. Floods and storms were the primary drivers.
• The World Bank projects that by 2050, more than 216 million people could be internally displaced due to climate impacts.
• Migrant crossings at the US border dropped sharply in April 2025 to 8,383 detentions, a 93.5% decrease from the 128,895 detentions in April 2024, attributed to restrictive Trump administration policies including a near-total asylum ban and the suspension of CBP One.
• Climate pressures remain severe in the Americas: the Central American Dry Corridor (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador) faces crop devastation from droughts and erratic rain; South American communities in Bolivia, northeast Brazil, and the Peruvian Andes face extreme heat and water scarcity; and Venezuela experiences floods and landslides that worsen existing vulnerabilities.
• Journalists are advised that migrants often describe their departure in terms of economic loss or debt rather than climate change, but these economic failures are frequently caused by slow-onset climate pressures like soil degradation and changing rain patterns.

APA

CCNow (2025). Los cruces fronterizos caen pero la presión climática persiste. Covering Climate Now. https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/los-cruces-fronterizos-caen-pero-la-presion-climatica-persiste/

Chicago

CCNow. Los cruces fronterizos caen pero la presión climática persiste. Covering Climate Now, 2025. https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/los-cruces-fronterizos-caen-pero-la-presion-climatica-persiste/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ccnow2025los, author = {CCNow}, title = {{Los cruces fronterizos caen pero la presión climática persiste}}, institution = {Covering Climate Now}, year = {2025}, month = may, url = {https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/los-cruces-fronterizos-caen-pero-la-presion-climatica-persiste/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }