Introduction:

The governments of Mexico, Germany and Thailand, guided by Enrique Pena Nieto, Angela Merkel and Prayut Chan-o-Cha respectively, have followed different policies to address the current refugee crisis which affect their countries. Still, migration flows continue to be uncontrolled – or rather controlled by human traffickers – and even worse, human rights violations have been denounced in all three cases. In these three countries, local NGOs have been the stakeholders able to efficiently alleviate some of the direct necessities of many refugees. It is the purpose of this essay to argue that leaders of these nations, and of all of those concerned by the issue of mass migration, must find ways to cooperate in order to exchange those good practices that have been proved successful and to learn from and support local NGOs (or private organizations) due to their on-field expertise. The analysis will be segmented by country, followed by a case study comparison and concluded with several proposals for cooperation beyond traditional means in respect to refugee crises.