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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 
Nom du lieu Source Data date Population
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

Refugees and Migrants in Transit in Panama in 2024 JSON 
302,203
Last updated 31 Dec 2024
Source - Government of Panama 
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    UNHCR MCO Panama: Annual Results 2024

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    Snapshot of UNHCR's main activities in 2024
    Date de publication: 10 March 2025 (1 day ago)
    Créé: 10 March 2025 (8 hours ago)
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    ACNUR Panamá: Respuesta en frontera (enero - diciembre 2024)

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    Resumen de las principales actividades de ACNUR como parte de su respuesta en frontera (enero - diciembre 2024)
    Date de publication: 10 March 2025 (1 day ago)
    Créé: 10 March 2025 (9 hours ago)
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    UNHCR Panama: Border Response (January - December 2024)

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    Snapshot of UNHCR's main activities as part of the border response (January - December 2024)
    Date de publication: 10 March 2025 (1 day ago)
    Créé: 10 March 2025 (9 hours ago)
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    ACNUR MCO Panamá: Resultados Anuales 2024

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    Resumen de las principales actividades de ACNUR en 2024
    Date de publication: 10 March 2025 (1 day ago)
    Créé: 10 March 2025 (8 hours ago)
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    Border Report Darien and Chiriquí - January 2025

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    Situation Update on UNHCR's Response at Panama's Border.
    Date de publication: 6 March 2025 (5 days ago)
    Créé: 6 March 2025 (4 days ago)
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    UNHCR Panama Operational Presence - July 2024

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    A map that shows UNHCR and partners operational presence and work with refugees, asylum seekers established in Panama, as well as with refugees and migrants transiting the country as part of the mixed...
    Date de publication: 15 August 2024 (6 months ago)
    Créé: 15 August 2024 (6 months ago)
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    Mapa Movimientos Mixtos a través del Darién - Panamá

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    Este mapa muestra algunos de los movimientos principales que refugiados y migrantes realizan a través de la selva del Darién, en la frontera entre Colombia y Panamá
    Date de publication: 1 June 2024 (9 months ago)
    Créé: 20 August 2024 (6 months ago)
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    Map: Mixed Movements through the Darien Jungle, Panama

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    A map featuring some of the main movements across the Darien jungle by refugees and migrants in 2024
    Date de publication: 1 June 2024 (9 months ago)
    Créé: 20 August 2024 (6 months ago)
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    Darien Panama: Mixed Movements Routes October 2023

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    Map showing the main routes used by refugees and migrants crossing the Darien Jungle at the border of Panama and Colombia
    Date de publication: 3 November 2023 (1 year ago)
    Créé: 3 November 2023 (1 year ago)
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    UNHCR Panama - Transit Countries taken by refugees and migrants prior crossing the Darien jungle

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    Map featuring main transit countries within South America taken by refugees and migrants prior crossing the Darien jungle.
    Date de publication: 29 May 2023 (1 year ago)
    Créé: 31 May 2023 (1 year ago)
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    UNHCR MCO Panama: Annual Results 2024

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    Snapshot of UNHCR's main activities in 2024
    Date de publication: 10 March 2025 (1 day ago)
    Créé: 10 March 2025 (8 hours ago)
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    ACNUR Panamá: Respuesta en frontera (enero - diciembre 2024)

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    Resumen de las principales actividades de ACNUR como parte de su respuesta en frontera (enero - diciembre 2024)
    Date de publication: 10 March 2025 (1 day ago)
    Créé: 10 March 2025 (9 hours ago)
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    UNHCR Panama: Border Response (January - December 2024)

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    Snapshot of UNHCR's main activities as part of the border response (January - December 2024)
    Date de publication: 10 March 2025 (1 day ago)
    Créé: 10 March 2025 (9 hours ago)
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    ACNUR MCO Panamá: Resultados Anuales 2024

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    Resumen de las principales actividades de ACNUR en 2024
    Date de publication: 10 March 2025 (1 day ago)
    Créé: 10 March 2025 (8 hours ago)
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    MCO Panama: Registration Snapshot (January 2025)

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    Overview of registration figures and protection response through UNHCR's PRIMES (Population Registration and Identity Management Ecosystem) across MCO Panama.
    Date de publication: 6 March 2025 (5 days ago)
    Créé: 6 March 2025 (4 days ago)
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    Comunicado de Prensa - Aniversario de Confía en el Tucán

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    Confía en el Tucán: Un año de combate contra la desinformación sobre la peligrosa selva de Darién
    Date de publication: 1 May 2024 (10 months ago)
    Créé: 1 May 2024 (10 months ago)
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    Press Release - Trust the Toucan Anniversary

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    Trust the Toucan: One year of combating misinformation about the dangerous Darien jungle
    Date de publication: 1 May 2024 (10 months ago)
    Créé: 1 May 2024 (10 months ago)
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    UNHCR concerned about the implications for asylum of the Trinidad and Tobago High Court ruling of 4 July 2023

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    UNHCR's statement on Trinidad and Tobago High Court ruling of 4 July 2023
    Date de publication: 10 July 2023 (1 year ago)
    Créé: 10 July 2023 (1 year ago)
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    UNHCR Launches Social Media Project "Trust the Toucan"

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    Press Release covering UNHCR's social media project "Trust the Toucan"
    Date de publication: 1 May 2023 (1 year ago)
    Créé: 4 May 2023 (1 year ago)
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    ACNUR lança projeto em redes sociais "Confia no Tucano"

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    Comunicado de imprensa sobre o projeto de redes sociais "Confia no Tucano"
    Date de publication: 1 May 2023 (1 year ago)
    Créé: 4 May 2023 (1 year ago)
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    Mixed Movements Monitoring Report | UNHCR-WFP-UNICEF | Q3 2024

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    The Mixed Movements Monitoring is an interagency initiative by UNHCR, WFP and UNICEF aimed at gathering evidence on the dynamics of mixed movements in countries within the Americas region.
    Date de publication: 19 December 2024 (2 months ago)
    Créé: 19 December 2024 (2 months ago)
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    Trinidad and Tobago: Interagency Participatory Assessment

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    Main findings of the 2023 R4V Interagency participatory assessment conducted in Trinidad and Tobago with refuges and migrants from Venezuela
    Date de publication: 10 June 2024 (9 months ago)
    Créé: 14 June 2024 (8 months ago)
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    UNHCR Americas Operational Update July-September 2023

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    UNHCR Americas Operational Update July-September 2023
    Date de publication: 9 November 2023 (1 year ago)
    Créé: 10 November 2023 (1 year ago)
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    Sobreviviendo al Darién: la travesía de refugiados y migrantes por la selva

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    Informe binacional del ACNUR Panamá y Colombia sobre los movimientos mixtos a través del Darién
    Date de publication: 3 April 2023 (1 year ago)
    Créé: 13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
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    Americas: 2022 mid-year trends report

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    UNHCR’s 2022 Mid-Year Trends analyses changes and trends in forced displacement during the first six months of 2022. The report provides key statistics on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displace...
    Date de publication: 5 December 2022 (2 years ago)
    Créé: 5 December 2022 (2 years ago)
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    Mixed Movements Monitoring Report | UNHCR-WFP-UNICEF | Q3 2024

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    The Mixed Movements Monitoring is an interagency initiative by UNHCR, WFP and UNICEF aimed at gathering evidence on the dynamics of mixed movements in countries within the Americas region.
    Date de publication: 19 December 2024 (2 months ago)
    Créé: 19 December 2024 (2 months ago)
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    Darien UNHCR Border Protection Monitoring 2022 - 2024

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    This reports compiles the main findings from the qualitative and quantitative assessments conducted by UNHCR with refugees and migrants travelling as part of the Mixed Movements towards North America....
    Date de publication: 5 July 2024 (8 months ago)
    Créé: 5 July 2024 (8 months ago)
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    Recursos de Protección del ACNUR en Panamá (Publicaciones)

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    Una compilación de los principales recursos y documentos de protección publicados por el ACNUR en Panamá en 2022
    Date de publication: 16 January 2023 (2 years ago)
    Créé: 19 January 2023 (2 years ago)
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    ACNUR Panama: Monitoreo de Protección (HFS) Ronda 4

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    Este reporte recopila información actualizada sobre las principales necesidades y riesgos de protección que enfrentan las personas refugiadas y solicitantes de la condición de refugiado en Panamá.
    Date de publication: 2 January 2023 (2 years ago)
    Créé: 12 January 2023 (2 years ago)
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    ACNUR Panama: Monitoreo de Protección (HFS) Ronda 4 - Resultados Generales

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    Resultados generales de la ronda 4 del monitoreo de protección llevado a cabo en Panamá por el ACNUR con personas solicitantes de asilo y refugiados.
    Date de publication: 31 July 2022 (2 years ago)
    Créé: 23 September 2022 (2 years ago)
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    RMRP 2020 - Trinidad & Tobago One Pager - February 2020 [EN]

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    One Pager with key information on Regional Response for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela for 2020 in Trinidad & Tobago
    Date de publication: 12 February 2020 (5 years ago)
    Créé: 12 February 2020 (5 years ago)
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    RMRP 2020 - Aruba One Pager - January 2020 [EN]

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    One Pager with key information on Regional Response for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela for 2020 in Aruba
    Date de publication: 4 February 2020 (5 years ago)
    Créé: 4 February 2020 (5 years ago)
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    RMRP 2020 - Curaçao One Pager - January 2020 [EN]

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    One Pager with key information on Regional Response for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela for 2020 in Curaçao
    Date de publication: 4 February 2020 (5 years ago)
    Créé: 4 February 2020 (5 years ago)
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    RMRP 2020 - Guyana One Pager - January 2020 [EN]

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    One Pager with key information on Regional Response for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela for 2020 in Guyana
    Date de publication: 4 February 2020 (5 years ago)
    Créé: 4 February 2020 (5 years ago)
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    Border Report Darien and Chiriquí - January 2025

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    Situation Update on UNHCR's Response at Panama's Border.
    Date de publication: 6 March 2025 (5 days ago)
    Créé: 6 March 2025 (4 days ago)
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    Reporte de Fronteras - Darién y Chiriquí - Enero 2025

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    Actualización sobre la respuesta de ACNUR en las fronteras de Panamá.
    Date de publication: 6 March 2025 (5 days ago)
    Créé: 6 March 2025 (4 days ago)
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    UNHCR MCO Panama Operational Update - October - December 2024

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    MCO PAN Operational Update: Activities from October - December 2024
    Date de publication: 19 February 2025 (20 days ago)
    Créé: 19 February 2025 (19 days ago)
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    Movimientos Mixtos - Darién y Chiriquí - Diciembre 2024

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    Actualización sobre la respuesta del ACNUR a los movimientos mixtos en Darién y Chiriquí, Panamá
    Date de publication: 27 January 2025 (1 month ago)
    Créé: 27 January 2025 (1 month ago)
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    Mixed Movements Darien and Chiriquí - December 2024

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    Situation update of UNHCR's response to the mixed movements through Darien and Chiriqui, Panama.
    Date de publication: 22 January 2025 (1 month ago)
    Créé: 22 January 2025 (1 month ago)
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    Belize Amnesty Program - Operational Update September 2022

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    Brief summary of situation updates from UNHCR response in the context of the Belize Amnesty in 2022
    Date de publication: 3 October 2022 (2 years ago)
    Créé: 25 November 2022 (2 years ago)
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    UNHCR Guyana Factsheet - November December 2022

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    Operational Update from UNHCR Guyana
    Date de publication: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
    Créé: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
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    UNHCR Trinidad and Tobago Factsheet - November December 2022

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    Operational Update from UNHCR Trinidad and Tobago
    Date de publication: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
    Créé: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
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    UNHCR Aruba and Curacao Factsheet - November December 2022

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    Operational Update from UNHCR Aruba and Curacao
    Date de publication: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
    Créé: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
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    UNHCR Belize Factsheet - November December 2022

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    Operational Update from UNHCR Belize
    Date de publication: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
    Créé: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
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    UNHCR Panama Factsheet - November December 2022

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    Operational Update from UNHCR Panama
    Date de publication: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
    Créé: 22 February 2023 (2 years ago)
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    Multi-Country Office Panama Funding Requirements (2024)
    56 100 000,00 $US
    Total appeal
    Date of Funding Data 31 March 2024 (11 months ago)

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    Authoring Entity: UNHCR, WFP
    Published: 27 December 2024

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    Authoring Entity: UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF
    Published: 27 December 2024

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