\u201cIt is perhaps this second aspect which makes this study stand out from much of the analysis conducted on migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to date,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Food Security and Emigration<\/a>\u00a0shows the need to invest in long-term programmes to discourage people in the Dry Corridor from emigrating, and to reduce the risks for emigrants and the impact on the families left behind.<\/p>\n The study indicates that a trend of younger and more vulnerable people are leaving food-insecure areas \u2013 especially in the Dry Corridor, a drought-prone area that crosses these countries.<\/p>\n Family members left behind face the burden of paying the debts of those who have migrated. If the emigration is unsuccessful, the family faces the problem of growing debt and of how to meet their food needs, the report said.<\/p>\n The document also pointed out that 47 per cent of the families interviewed were food- insecure, noting that these levels have never been previously recorded in the region even in assessments carried out over the past three years in the Dry Corridor.<\/p>\n Source: FOOD SECURITY AND EMIGRATION – Why people flee and the impact on family members left behind in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.<\/p><\/div>\n Additionally, some 72 per cent of the families interviewed said they were applying \u201cemergency\u201d coping strategies, such as selling their land, farm animals and tools to buy food.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the study reveals that in the cases of successful emigration, per cent of households in the home country receive monthly remittances, of which 42 per cent indicate that remittances are their only source of income.\u201d<\/p>\n Indeed, more than half of the money received from emigrants is used by family members to buy food, followed by agricultural investments \u2013 like buying land and animals \u2013 and investing in small businesses.<\/p>\n This study was funded and jointly produced by WFP, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD<\/a>) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) with the collaboration of the International Organization for Migration (IOM<\/a>) and the Organization of American States (OAS).<\/p>\n The research is a follow-up to the results and recommendations of the 2015 exploratory study on the links between migration, violence and food security,\u00a0Hunger without Borders<\/em>.<\/p>\n![\"Source:](\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/08-23-wfp-inforgraphic.jpg\")
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