As part of IOM’s support to the governments of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, "Life Stories of Returning Migrants" collects 40 human experiences to raise awareness about the life situations of migrants who forcibly return to their country of origin.
This document is the regional report of the Study on Reintegration: Migration and Cities carried out by the International Organization for Migration, IOM, in the countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America and Mexico. The study investigates the reintegration processes of returning migrants from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico.
The main objective is to document the causes and consequences of migration in the region and to identify possible development areas that will serve as the basis for the Comprehensive Plan of Attention to Migration in Central America (PAIM-SICA). The study is the result of the joint work of SICA, IOM and UNHCR. It was developed through a collaborative methodology that included inter-agency workshops with the eight Member States, in which more than 70 government officials participated.
IOM and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) present this directory which will be useful to migrant persons and families in transit, stranded, in return and reintegration, that will contribute to the fulfillment of the goals proposed in the 2030 Development Agenda and the National Development Plan: K'atun Nuestra Guatemala 2032. The directory presents location and contact data with health services at the national level, to facilitate access to emergency and primary care.
This document is available in Spanish.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) work together in the northern region of Central America to understand the links between labour dynamics and human mobility and to learn about the migration experience of young people of working age (aged 15-25) and who seek Mexico as a final destination or have decided to reside temporarily or permanently in that country to insert themselves in the labor market and know their hiring dynamics. This study presents elements to know the recruitment and recruitment process.
Every year, thousands of people leave their homes in an attempt to forge a future that has become virtually unattainable in their countries of origin. Economic deprivation, lack of access to education and employment, structural violence, natural disasters and political instability have motivated people around the world, but mainly from Central American countries and Mexico, to seek a new life in the United States of America.
This document is available in Spanish.
Main findings of the survey carried out in Central America and Mexico. This survey aims to generate data for the analysis of the impact of COVID-19 in this population, which guide the response of the multiple actors involved in the health response, migration management and socio-economic recovery strategies.
This document is available in Spanish.
This report summarizes the results of surveys of 67 beneficiaries of IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return Programme (AVR), assisted from May to July 2021. provides important information on the experiences of migrants in countries of destination and origin, as well as plans for re-migrating, their physical and mental health status, financial security, employment, physical security and any assistance received after their return. Programmes in Mexico and North Central American countries. No. 7
The document is available in Spanish.
The present report presents an overview of the regular mechanisms that allow labour migration in Mesoamerica, as important elements in national and regional migration governance structures.
This study was prepared in collaboration with the Regional Conference on Migration (RCM). It presents a contextualization of regularization programs and processes in North America, Central America and the Dominican Republic.