The UNHCR Multi-Country Office in Panama provides support to refugees, asylum seekers, and other forcibly displaced people in Aruba, Belize, Cuba, Curacao, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago. MCO Panama works in close collaboration with Governments, UN agencies, international and national NGOs, civil society as well as host communities, in other to help forcibly displaced people find safety and rebuild their lives. The MCO Panama office covers several humanitarian situations, including but not limited to: the regional Venezuelan refugees and migrants situation in Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curaçao, Guyana; the Nicaraguan refugees and asylum seekers situation in Panama, the Colombian refugees and asylum seekers situation in Panama, and the refugees and asylum seekers situation in Belize, Cuba, Suriname and Nicaragua. This website contains the key figures and relevant analysis on the conditions of the people UNHCR's protects in these countries as well as UNHCR and partners’ response.
Location name | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Aruba | Government | 31 Dec 2022 | 3.2% | 17,000 |
Belize | Government | 31 Dec 2022 | 2.2% | 11,572 |
Cuba | Government | 31 Dec 2022 | 0.0% | 199 |
Curaçao | Government | 31 Dec 2022 | 2.7% | 14,000 |
Guyana | Government | 31 Dec 2022 | 4.8% | 25,384 |
Nicaragua | Government | 31 Dec 2022 | 0.2% | 1,028 |
Panama | Government, UNHCR | 1 Aug 2023 | 79.2% | 415,948 |
Suriname | Government | 31 Dec 2022 | 0.5% | 2,582 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Government | 31 Dec 2022 | 7.1% | 37,501 |
*Total population figures for Panama include refugees and migrants in transit
UNHCR, 21 Aug 2023
Panama City – In a context of increasingly complex and challenging human mobility, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, provides protection and assistance to 21.4 million people in the Americas. Faced with this record number in the region, UNHCR and its partners are confronting major challenges in their ca... Read more
UNHCR, 02 Aug 2023
Ciudad de Panamá, PANAMÁ - A medida que el número de personas migrantes y refugiadas que cruzan la selva del Darién entre Panamá y Colombia alcanza niveles récord, la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) y la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados (ACNUR) piden un enfoque integral, r... Read more
UNHCR, 10 Jul 2023
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, takes note of the judgement of the Trinidad and Tobago High Court issued on 4 July 2023, regarding the case brought by a refugee recognized by UNHCR, who is seeking asylum and international protection in Trinidad and Tobago. UNHCR is concerned about the implications ... Read more
UNHCR/ACNUR, 17 May 2023
CIUDAD DE PANAMÁ – Kelly Clements, Alta Comisionada Adjunta para los Refugiados, hizo hoy un llamamiento urgente para que los países de América Latina y el Caribe reciban más apoyo, pues han dado acogida a la mayor parte de los 20 millones de personas desplazadas por la fuerza que hay en la región. ... Read more
Date of Funding Data | 12 June 2023 (3 months ago) |
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