Gisela P. Zapata

Assistant Professor @cedeplar @ufmg | PhD @UniofNewcastle | International Migration and Displacement | Visiting Scholar @QMULGeography | Mamá de Gabo | 🇨🇴

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

Very happy to share my new article on the use of humanitarianism as a tool to control (unwanted) #migration flows in #LatinAmerica
Research @Cedeplar @ufmg

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies @cercmigration
https://t.co/Xp7xaMoQZv

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

Que orgullo hacer parte de este grupo de investigación tan potente!
Research Brasil @Cedeplar @ufmg

[CAMINAR Americas @CaminarAmericas]

Es un gran honor para @CaminarAmericas presentar el trabajo ganador y recibir el galardón de la 1a. Edición del Premio Lelio Mármora, otorgado en julio de 2025, en el marco de la Reunión Plenaria del Proceso de Quito.

#CAMINAR #PremioLelioMármora #MovilidadHumana #AméricaLatina

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

Join us tomorrow for a conversation about the complexities of migrant regularization in #LAC
Latest comparative research project of @CaminarAmericas
@Cedeplar

[Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems]

Navigating Legal Uncertainty
📢 Join us for a DEMIG Online Talk with Gisela P. Zapata, Assistant Professor at UFMG, Brazil
🎙️ “Complexity and Unevenness in Migrants’ Regularization Pathways in Latin America”
🗓️ 13 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:00–16:00 CET | 🌐 online
https://t.co/8cQlEZWpdP

[ACNUR, Agência da ONU para Refugiados @ACNURBrasil]

45% das pessoas interiorizadas que participaram de cursos específicos de formação conseguiram emprego formal em até 6 meses.
Entre as mulheres, porém, esse prazo é maior.
Confira o relatório completo aqui 👉 https://t.co/FYhvkE9HIk
#MOVERSE

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

The Return of Post-Truth https://t.co/inAs0ejjPL

[Luciana Gandini @lugandini]

Proud and grateful to share that our @CaminarAmericas Research Group has been awarded the inaugural Lelio Mármora Research Prize by the Quito Process for our project on multilevel governance and regularization pathways for Venezuelan migrants in LA
#Venezuela #MigrationGovernance

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

Que orgullo me da hacer parte de este grupo de investigación tan potente!
En Brasil @Cedeplar @ufmg

[CAMINAR Americas @CaminarAmericas]

📢🎉Nuestro proyecto sobre los procesos de regularización de personas venezolanas en AL, ha sido galardonado con el Premio Lelio Mármora en su 1a. Edición🥇🏆

¡Gracias a quienes apoyan este esfuerzo colectivo y regional por los derechos de las personas migrantes!

[MigrationPolicy Inst @MigrationPolicy]

Since returning to the White House on Monday, President Trump has carried through on his administration’s promise of “shock and awe” by laying the groundwork for mass deportations and all but eliminating access to asylum at the border

Our experts Muzaffar Chishti & @KathleenBushJo2 get you up to speed

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

Novo artigo no ar #OpenAccess!
Como a confluência de 3 crisis impactou as aspirações/capacidades de migrar das famílias em Governador Valadares, um dos principais hotspots migratórios do Brasil.
Research @Cedeplar @GilvanR_Guedes @nunivj @BarbieriAF

[Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População @Rebep2018]

#ArtigoOriginal #SaindoDoForno @Rebep2018

Overlapping socioeconomic/environmental crises in Governador Valadares shaped international migration aspirations and capabilities according to households’ socioeconomic standing.

Gisela P. Zapata et al.

https://t.co/GxpxOpH1wG

👇🧶

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

Link del video: https://t.co/Ih3WApcZxE

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

Con el XI Congreso de @ALAP_LA llegando, rescaté esta cápsula que grabé sobre la implementación del capítulo sobre “migración internacional y protección de DDHH de personas migrantes” en #latam del Consenso de Montevideo.

Research @Cedeplar
https://t.co/HfrRbKbbZA

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

Interessadxs na #migração e #refúgio no Brasil? Participe do Webinário promovido pelo Ministério Público da União “Os Desafios da Integração de Migrantes no Brasil”.
Ao VIVO agora 21/11, 8:30-18:30: https://t.co/wwNWq73fGV

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

Great summary of our paper on recent trends in #refugee protection in #LatinAmerica @lugandini @MarciaVeraE @vicprieto10
Research @CaminarAmericas @Cedeplar

[Cátedra de Migraciones - Universidad del Pacifico @MigracionesUP]

What happened to the governance of refugee flows in Latin America during the pandemic? A recent article by @giselazapata et al., published in the Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, provides some answers. Here are the key findings👇🧵

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

Research @CaminarAmericas @Cedeplar @SUDIMER_UNAM @IGHD_QMU @PPoblacion_uy

[Cátedra de Migraciones - Universidad del Pacifico @MigracionesUP]

¿Qué ocurrió con la gobernanza migratoria en América Latina durante la pandemia? Un reciente artículo de Gisela Zapata, Luciana Gandini, Marica Vera Espinoza y Victoria Prieto Rosas ofrece una respuesta a esta pregunta. Estos son algunos de los hallazgos principales👇🧵

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

#OpenAccess New article with @flaviaCastroIR @MarciaVeraE
Research @Cedeplar @ufmg financed by @QMGPI

[thirdworldq @thirdworldq]

"For #migrants in Brazil, the #COVID-19 global health crisis meant a considerable worsening of living conditions, with increased basic material needs."

New article from Flávia Rodrigues de Castro, @giselazapata and Marcia Vera Espinoza available online:
https://t.co/zRMxZi7rli

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

@SongLili2 @RLI_News @RefugeeHistory Hi @RLI_News Would this be streamed online?

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

Ahora mismo en #lasa2024
Resultados de investigación nueva de @CaminarAmericas

[Gisela P. Zapata @giselazapata]

RIP!

[Adam Isacson @adam_wola]

- What does the executive action do?
- Doesn’t it violate US law?
- Is it a new “Title 42?”
- Didn't the Senate fail twice to make this a law?
- Doesn’t it rely on Mexico?
- Will it deter migrants?
- Isn't there a better way to receive asylum seekers?

https://t.co/Z8xZZb1763

[James Hathaway @JC_Hathaway]

Does UK incoherence know no bounds? “We’re sending you to Rwanda because you haven’t got a right to remain in the UK even though it’s too dangerous in your country.” That literally makes no sense legally.