Guatemala

Guatemala plays a significant role in the mixed movements in Central America, serving as a country of origin, transit, destination, and return location for asylum-seekers, refugees, returnees, and others in need of international protection. 

 

$37.9 million

is urgently needed from January to December 2025

Check the latest Funding Update

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Lissa left her country because of its economic situation, arriving in Guatemala with a backpack, disoriented and without money. UNHCR has accompanied her since she arrived in Guatemala, with legal and psychological orientation. Puerto Barrios is a city located in the department of Izabal, 300 km northeast from Guatemala City. It is an area with a high level of human mobility of both refugees and migrants. Puerto Barrios is also part of the Cities of Solidarity initiative and works hand in hand with surrounding municipalities and the national government. © UNHCR/Victor Sánchez Mejía
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Main documents

2024
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2024
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To address the needs of people in mixed movements and identify those with international protection needs, UNHCR has established six field offices located in critical transit points as they share borders with Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador.

UNHCR collaborates closely with the government and civil society organizations to ensure access to territory, documentation, protection referral mechanisms, international protection solutions, basic services, and urgent needs for refugees, asylum-seekers, and Guatemalans at risk. Additionally, UNHCR and its partners operate in five Migrant and Refugee Assistance Centres to cover entry and exit borders and transit routes and reinforce the national response to people in mixed movements by identifying persons with international protection needs and providing solutions.

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Populations

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Guatemala | 2025
Total593,309RefugeesAsylum-seekers | 1%IDPs | 97%Others of concern | 3%

Note: The "Stateless" category does not include stateless people who are also in other categories, to avoid double counting. The total number of stateless, across all categories, is .

NB: 2025 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

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Financials

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Budget information for the current year is updated monthly, while budget and expenditure information for all other years are final.

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Latest updates

Guatemala Funding Update - 2025
31-May-25
published
1 day ago
Guatemala Funding Update - 2024
31-Dec-24
published
4 months ago
September 2024
published
8 months ago
September 2024
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8 months ago
2024
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1 year ago
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