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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.

Persons of concern in the Multi Country Office Panama

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations

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Persons of Concern by Country JSON 
Location name Source Data date Population
Aruba Government 31 May 2024   2.5% 11,470
Belize Government 30 Jun 2024   2.3% 10,582
Cuba Government 30 Jun 2024   0.0% 187
Curaçao Government 1 May 2024   2.5% 11,593
Guyana Government 31 May 2024   5.9% 27,062
Panama Government, UNHCR, Government of Panama 1 Nov 2024   78.0% 358,379
Suriname Government 30 Jun 2024   0.6% 2,951
Trinidad and Tobago Government 31 Dec 2022   8.2% 37,501

*Total population figures for Panama include refugees and migrants in transit

Refugees and Migrants in Transit in Panama in 2024 JSON 
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Last updated 01 Nov 2024
Source - Government of Panama 
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    Date of Funding Data 31 March 2024 (8 months ago)

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    Published: 22 March 2024
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    Published: 05 October 2023
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    Published: 11 October 2021
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