Stories written by Madeleine Penman

Negotiations in Miami Must not Treat Central American Asylum Seekers as Bargaining Chips

By Madeleine Penman and Marselha Gonçalves Margerin
Today in Miami, the governments of US and Mexico are putting aside their well-publicized tensions of recent months and co-hosting a conference on security and governance in Central America´s Northern Triangle of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, from where thousands of people flee extreme violence to seek asylum in the US and Mexico. 

How to Stir up a Refugee Crisis in Five Steps, Trump Style

By Madeleine Penman
The sight of one of the most infamous borders on earth – roughly 1,000 kilometers of porous metal fence dividing lives, hopes and dreams between the USA and Mexico, is undoubtedly overwhelming, but not in the way we expected it to be.

Looking into the Eyes of Central American Refugees in a Time of Hate and Fear 

By Madeleine Penman
Ten years ago I arrived in Mexico for the first time. A heavy backpack strapped around my waist, I toddled over a large, concrete bridge that divides Mexico and Guatemala.


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