One-fifth of the world’s 110 million forcibly displaced people are hosted in the Americas, a region marked by violence in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and a deteriorating human rights situation in Nicaragua that has uprooted over 1 million people. Mexico and Costa Rica recorded 118,800 and 129,500 new asylum claims respectively. Significant cross-border movements of Cubans, Haitians and Venezuelans continue to be reported, further straining asylum systems. Through a lens of protection and mitigation, UNHCR and partners will share insights from local pilot programs modeling the power of socioeconomic inclusion, and changing the refugee narrative toward that of catalytic potential for host societies and global development in a world short on peace.