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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

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Persons of Concern by Country JSON 
Location name Source Data date Population
Aruba Government 31 Dec 2022   4.9% 17,000
Belize Government 31 Dec 2022   3.3% 11,572
Cuba Government 31 Dec 2022   0.1% 199
Curaçao Government 31 Dec 2022   4.0% 14,000
Guyana Government 31 Dec 2022   7.3% 25,384
Nicaragua Government 31 Dec 2022   0.3% 1,028
Panama Government, UNHCR 1 Mar 2024   68.5% 237,357
Suriname Government 31 Dec 2022   0.7% 2,582
Trinidad and Tobago Government 31 Dec 2022   10.8% 37,501

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

Refugees and Migrants in Transit in Panama in 2024 JSON 
73,167
Last updated 01 Mar 2024
Source - UNHCR 
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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

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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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UNHCR concerned about the implications for asylum of the Trinidad and Tobago High Court ruling of 4 July 2023

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

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La Alta Comisionada Adjunta para los Refugiados solicita más apoyo para América Latina

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

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Test origin JSON  .CSV 
Country of origin Source Data date Population
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 31 Dec 2022   100.0% 1,745,834
Haiti UNHCR 30 Sep 2022   0.0% 118


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Multi-Country Office Panama Funding Requirements (2023)
$55,400,000
Total appeal
Date of Funding Data 1 October 2023 (8 months ago)

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    Published: 16 August 2023

  • Livelihoods Programme Monitoring Beneficiary Survey, 2022

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    Authoring Entity: UNHCR
    Published: 22 March 2024

  • Results Monitoring Survey, 2022

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    Authoring Entity: UNHCR
    Published: 05 October 2023

  • High Frequency Survey - Q1Q2 2021

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    Authoring Entity: UNHCR
    Published: 11 October 2021

  • High Frequency Survey - 2021

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    Published: 02 April 2022

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