The environment governs life and all its forms by providing the conditions for the formation, adaptation and maintenance of individuals and communities. Thus, when sudden or gradual extreme events such as storms, earthquakes or drought, among others, exacerbated or not by climate change, the living conditions of populations suffer alterations that can force their members to leave their territories, affecting their sources and forms of social reproduction.

This report summarizes the results of surveys of 57 beneficiaries of IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return Programme (RVA), assisted from August to September 2021. The collection of qualitative as well as demographic data provides important information on the experiences of migrants in countries of destination and origin, as well as plans to migrate again, 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. 8

Since 2014, more than 5,000 deaths and disappearances have been documented along migratory routes through Central America, North America and the Caribbean, although many more are likely to remain undocumented. In some places, this crisis of migrant deaths is widely publicized, but in others it is not sufficiently known.

Characterization of International Migration, makes available information focused on the analysis of international migration in Guatemala, whose main source is the XII Population Census and VII Housing Census of 2018; to provide an analysis of the situation of households that have reported migration and/or reception of remittances, and the characteristics of those who have departed.

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This report contributes to a better understanding of the evidence on the link between human mobility, environment, disasters and climate change through a mapping of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The study also aims to: verify the political and legal responses to this nexus in the seven countries of Central America; formulate recommendations or general guidelines for the development of data harvesting mechanisms; and verify the extent to which the definition of climate migration proposed by IOM is applied in the region.