In 2021, applications for refugees and protected status in Mexico increased by 300% compared to 2019 figures, reported the Secretaríat of the Mexican government.
Of the total number of refugee claims, 52,000 came from people from Haiti as of November 2021.
By the end of this year, the National Institute of Migration of Mexico (INM) estimates that the increase in Haitians will represent the majority of the 130,000 asylum seekers or protected status.
Since the UNHCR(United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) is developing a professional integration program in 11 Mexican cities starting in Saltillo, a town on the border with the United States, Alejandro Encinas, the Under-Secretary for Human Rights explained that the Mexican Government is trying to extend this program to people who are not subject to international protection to deal with the significant increase in asylum requests, following the massive arrival of Haitians on the national territory of Mexico.
