Last updated May 7, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
Asylum Requests Made Before Mexican Authorities
Tag: Mexico Asylum
Asylum Requests in Mexico by Nationality
Last updated May 7, 2023. Download a PDF packet of infographics at bit.ly/wola_border_infographics.
As numbers rise, the hardships of migration through Mexico multiply
Published by the New Humanitarian on September 21, 2022.
The grim situation of migrants stuck in Mexico’s southern-border city of Tapachula.
Journey to reach Mexico fraught with danger and uncertainty for migrants
Published on July 25, 2022 by Cronkite News.
A report from Tapachula, near the Mexico-Guatemala border, where stranded migrants face hunger, discrimination, and insecurity.
Migration and the Summit of the Americas
Published by WOLA on June 23, 2022.
A discussion of Latin America’s historic current levels of migration, commitments made at the Summit of the Americas, and what WOLA staff have seen during recent fieldwork at the U.S.-Mexico and Mexico-Guatemala borders.
Mexico: Asylum Seekers Face Abuses at Southern Border
Published by Human Rights Watch on June 6, 2022.
A field report on abuses of migrant rights in Mexico’s southern-border city of Tapachula, focusing on the asylum-seeking migrant population stranded there.
Caravanas 2021: Nuevos Retos para las Movilidades en México
Publicado por la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos, 3 de junio de 2022.
The Mexican government’s human rights ombusdman reports on the human rights aspects of attempts to form migrant caravans in 2021. (Link at cndh.org.mx)
Struggling to Survive: Plight of Asylum Seekers at Mexico’s Southern Border Highlights Need for Regional Action
Published by WOLA on June 2, 2022.
Report on a March 2022 research visit to Tapachula, near Mexico’s border with Guatemala, where large numbers of asylum-seeking migrants are stranded by U.S. and Mexican policies.
Beyond the U.S.-Mexico Border: Migration Trends in the Americas, Explained
Published by WOLA on May 26, 2022. (Español)
A look at migration beyond the U.S.-Mexico border, examining recent trends in human mobility and the challenges migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers are facing throughout the hemisphere
México, el limbo de los nuevos refugiados centroamericanos
Publicado por Contra Corriente el 16 de mayo de 2022.
Mexico is increasingly becoming the final destination for Central Americans fleeing misrule by increasingly authoritarian governments.
‘The invisibles’: A Cuban asylum seeker’s dangerous odyssey
Published by the New Humanitarian on May 10, 2022.
A multimedia presentation recounts the route that a Cuban asylum seeker took through Panama’s dangerous Darién Gap jungles, and on through Central America and Mexico.
Hondureños, del sueño americano al tapachulteco
Publicado por Chiapas Paralelo el 17 de marzo de 2022.
Profiles Honduran migrants who have decided to settle in the relative safety of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico after seeing their efforts to reach the United States blocked.
Stuck in Uncertainty and Exposed to Violence: The Impact of US and Mexican Migration Policies on Women Seeking Protection in 2021
Outlines 10 ways in which U.S. and Mexican migration policies are doing harm to women.
La caravana migrante en la Ciudad de México 12-22 Diciembre de 2021
Publicado por la Universidad Ibero el 31 de enero de 2022.
A memoir of a migrant caravan whose members walked from Tapachula to Mexico City in late 2021.
Podcast: Is Mexico Prepared to be a Country of Refuge?
Published by WOLA on December 7, 2021.
A discussion with Mexico-based experts about the state of Mexico’s asylum system and its increasingly militarized migration enforcement.
Doubling Down on Deterrence: Access to Asylum Under Biden
A fact sheet summarizing U.S. and Mexican government policies that are blocking and expelling protection-seeking migrants.
Podcast: The Border Situation Viewed from Mexico
Published by WOLA on April 15, 2021.
A discussion of Mexico’s crackdown on migration, its asylum system, and the role of U.S. policy.
Key Issues on Access to Asylum in Mexico, Protections for Migrant Children, and U.S. Cooperation
Published by WOLA on March 23, 2021.
An explanation of Mexico’s growing asylum system, obstacles to protection in Mexico, and how the United States can help.
Putting the U.S.-Mexico ‘Border Crisis’ Narrative into Context
Published by WOLA on March 17, 2021.
Amid increasing arrivals of migrants at the border, an explanation of trends and recommendations for next steps.