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Brazil Plan of Action – One year of Implementation
Enhancing regional cooperation
Countries in Latin American and the Caribbean are committed to consolidating regional and sub-regional mechanisms related to migration, refugees, displaced and stateless people.
2014-2015 Progress
An inter-parliamentary meeting held in July between Mexico and Ecuador discussed state responses to regional challenges such as mixed movements and the displacement of unaccompanied and separated children. In follow-up to the Brazil Plan of Action, a technical exchange mission by delegates of the Ecuadorian Public Defender's Offices to Argentina took place. The mission provided an opportunity to learn from the experience of Argentinian counterparts when providing legal assistance to asylum-seekers and refugees through the RSD process.
The regional coordination mechanism of the CONAREs, the national Commissions for Refugees, of the MERCOSUR countries was established and its internal regulations and a triennial work plan adopted in June 2015. Also, a Letter of Intent was signed between the Institute of Public Policies on Human Rights (IPPDH for its Spanish abbreviation) of the MERCOSUR countries and UNHCR in May 2015 and a work plan was agreed to support the Brazil Plan of Action.