
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.
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Location name | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Aruba | Government | 31 May 2024 | 2.4% | 11,470 |
Belize | Government | 30 Jun 2024 | 2.2% | 10,582 |
Cuba | Government | 30 Jun 2024 | 0.0% | 187 |
Curaçao | Government | 1 May 2024 | 2.4% | 11,593 |
Guyana | Government | 31 May 2024 | 5.7% | 27,062 |
Panama | Government, Government of Panama, UNHCR | 31 Dec 2024 | 78.7% | 374,372 |
Suriname | Government | 30 Jun 2024 | 0.6% | 2,951 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Government | 31 Dec 2022 | 7.9% | 37,501 |
*Total population figures for Panama include refugees and migrants in transit
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Border Report Darien and Chiriquí - March 2025
Situation Update on UNHCR's Response at Panama's Borders.Publish date: 25 April 2025
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UNHCR MCO Panama: Annual Results 2024
Snapshot of UNHCR's main activities in 2024Publish date: 10 March 2025
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Confía en el Tucán (Trust the Toucan) - Results Report - January - March 2025
Overview of Confía en el Tucán's social media metricsPublish date: 5 May 2025
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UNHCR Aruba and Curacao Factsheet - January - March 2025
DocumentCreate date: 14 May 2025 (38 minutes ago)
UNHCR Panama: Protection Monitoring with Refugees and Asylum Seekers 2024
DocumentCreate date: 8 May 2025 (5 days ago)
Confía en el Tucán (Trust the Toucan) - Results Report - January - March 2025
DocumentCreate date: 5 May 2025 (8 days ago)
Confía en el Tucán - Reporte de Resultados - Enero - Marzo 2025
DocumentCreate date: 5 May 2025 (8 days ago)
UNHCR Panama: Monitoreo de Protección con Refugiados y Solicitantes de la Condición de Refugiado en Panamá 2024
DocumentCreate date: 13 May 2025 (1 day ago)
UNHCR Aruba and Curacao Factsheet - November December 2022
DocumentCreate date: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Guyana Factsheet - November December 2022
DocumentCreate date: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Belize Factsheet - November December 2022
DocumentCreate date: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Cuba Factsheet - November December 2022
DocumentCreate date: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Panama Factsheet - November December 2022
DocumentCreate date: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
Belize Amnesty Program - Operational Update September 2022
DocumentCreate date: 25 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Comunicado de Prensa - Aniversario de Confía en el Tucán
DocumentCreate date: 1 May 2024 (1 year ago)
Press Release - Trust the Toucan Anniversary
DocumentCreate date: 1 May 2024 (1 year ago)
UNHCR concerned about the implications for asylum of the Trinidad and Tobago High Court ruling of 4 July 2023
DocumentCreate date: 10 July 2023 (1 year ago)
UNHCR Launches Social Media Project "Trust the Toucan"
DocumentCreate date: 4 May 2023 (2 years ago)
ACNUR lanza en redes sociales el proyecto "Confía en el Tucán"
DocumentCreate date: 4 May 2023 (2 years ago)
UNHCR Panama: Protection Monitoring with Refugees and Asylum Seekers 2024
DocumentCreate date: 8 May 2025 (5 days ago)
Mixed Movements Monitoring Report | UNHCR-WFP-UNICEF | Q3 2024
DocumentCreate date: 19 December 2024 (4 months ago)
Trinidad and Tobago: Interagency Participatory Assessment
DocumentCreate date: 14 June 2024 (11 months ago)
UNHCR Americas Operational Update July-September 2023
DocumentCreate date: 10 November 2023 (1 year ago)
Sobreviviendo al Darién: la travesía de refugiados y migrantes por la selva
DocumentCreate date: 13 April 2023 (2 years ago)
Confía en el Tucán (Trust the Toucan) - Results Report - January - March 2025
DocumentCreate date: 5 May 2025 (8 days ago)
Confía en el Tucán - Reporte de Resultados - Enero - Marzo 2025
DocumentCreate date: 5 May 2025 (8 days ago)
Border Report Darien and Chiriquí - March 2025
DocumentCreate date: 25 April 2025 (19 days ago)
Reporte de Fronteras Darién y Chiriquí - Marzo 2025
DocumentCreate date: 25 April 2025 (19 days ago)
Reporte de Fronteras - Darién y Chiriquí - Enero 2025
DocumentCreate date: 6 March 2025 (2 months ago)
Mixed Movements Monitoring Report | UNHCR-WFP-UNICEF | Q3 2024
DocumentCreate date: 19 December 2024 (4 months ago)
Darien UNHCR Border Protection Monitoring 2022 - 2024
DocumentCreate date: 5 July 2024 (10 months ago)
Recursos de Protección del ACNUR en Panamá (Publicaciones)
DocumentCreate date: 19 January 2023 (2 years ago)
ACNUR Panama: Monitoreo de Protección (HFS) Ronda 4
DocumentCreate date: 12 January 2023 (2 years ago)
ACNUR Panama: Monitoreo de Protección (HFS) Ronda 4 - Resultados Generales
DocumentCreate date: 23 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Mapa Comunitario de Bajo Chiquito
DocumentCreate date: 8 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Mapa Comunitario de Bajo Chiquito - versión Emberá
DocumentCreate date: 8 April 2025 (1 month ago)
UNHCR Panama Operational Presence - July 2024
DocumentCreate date: 15 August 2024 (8 months ago)
Map: Mixed Movements through the Darien Jungle, Panama
DocumentCreate date: 20 August 2024 (8 months ago)
Mapa Movimientos Mixtos a través del Darién - Panamá
DocumentCreate date: 20 August 2024 (8 months ago)
UNHCR Aruba and Curacao Factsheet - January - March 2025
DocumentCreate date: 14 May 2025 (38 minutes ago)
UNHCR Panama: Monitoreo de Protección con Refugiados y Solicitantes de la Condición de Refugiado en Panamá 2024
DocumentCreate date: 13 May 2025 (1 day ago)
MCO Panama: Registration Snapshot (January - March 2025)
DocumentCreate date: 16 April 2025 (28 days ago)
MCO Panama: Registration Snapshot (January - February 2025)
DocumentCreate date: 24 March 2025 (1 month ago)
Reporte de Fronteras Chiriquí - Darién: Febrero 2025
DocumentCreate date: 20 March 2025 (1 month ago)
RMRP 2020 - Trinidad & Tobago One Pager - February 2020 [EN]
DocumentCreate date: 12 February 2020 (5 years ago)
RMRP 2020 - Curaçao One Pager - January 2020 [EN]
DocumentCreate date: 4 February 2020 (5 years ago)
RMRP 2020 - Aruba One Pager - January 2020 [EN]
DocumentCreate date: 4 February 2020 (5 years ago)
RMRP 2020 - Guyana One Pager - January 2020 [EN]
DocumentCreate date: 4 February 2020 (5 years ago)

Belize advances in integration of asylum-seekers
UNHCR, 02 Sep 2024
BELMOPAN, Belize – A group of asylum-seekers in Belize have been granted Permanent Residency Cards, officially recognizing their legal status in the country. The residency cards were distributed on September 2nd during an Amnesty Ceremony at the University of Belize Conference Center in Belmopan Cit... Read more

Confía en el Tucán: Un año de combate contra la desinformación sobre la peligrosa selva de Darién
UNHCR, 01 May 2024
CIUDAD DE PANAMÁ – ACNUR, la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, celebra el primer aniversario de su proyecto "Confía en el Tucán", iniciativa que combate la desinformación y las publicaciones falsas, a la vez que brinda información confiable sobre los riesgos de la travesía por la selva. Con ... Read more

Forced displacement reaches a record high in the Americas, solutions lie within the region
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

ACNUR y OIM piden mayor cooperación regional ante el récord de 250.000 personas que cruzan a pie la selva del Darién
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
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