美洲各国必须抓住机会，在恰帕斯举行的首脑会议期间从人权角度处理该地区数十万移民和难民的状况, 墨西哥, 10月22日, 国际特赦组织今天在 一封公开信 致出席活动的各国总统和部长.
“这次峰会必须是迈向未来的第一步，届时美洲所有国家都将保障所有被迫逃离自己国家的人的权利. 在越来越多的人寻求安全的地方重建生活之际，团结和国际合作将是找到全面答案的关键因素,安娜·皮格尔说, 国际特赦组织美洲区主任.
它的建议包括, the organization calls on states in the region to guarantee the right to seek asylum and the principle of non-refoulement; comply with their obligations of international cooperation and shared responsibility for the protection of people in need of protection; refrain from deploying public security forces and military personnel in immigration enforcement and guarantee access to justice for victims of human rights violations; and refrain from stigmatizing and discriminating against refugees and migrants.