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Deported children face deadly new dangers on return to Honduras
29 Jan 2015 One shot and the 18-year-old was dead, adding to the toll of young Honduran males who are attacked, killed or disappear after being deported from the US or Mexico. -
Q&A: A UNHCR expert looks at what forces Central American children to flee
12 Nov 2014 The wave of forced displacement is being caused mostly by disturbing levels of criminal violence, comparable to violence in the region in the 1980s and early 1990s. -
Ecuador, Honduras and Portugal accede to Statelessness Conventions
2 Oct 2012 All three states became parties to one or other or both of the conventions at a special event in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. -
UNHCR hails Mexico as new refugee law comes into force
28 Jan 2011 The UN refugee agency on Friday hailed Mexico after the country's President Felipe Calderón signed new legislation on refugees and asylum-seekers into law. -
UNHCR welcomes breakthrough Mexico legislation on protection
10 Dec 2010 UNHCR chief António Guterres welcomes the Mexican Senate's approval of a landmark law on refugees, saying it would have a significant impact. -
Africans and Asians attracted to Latin America as a migration route
10 Nov 2010 A meeting in Brazil will discuss mixed migratory movements in the Americas, including the growing numbers of Asian and African refugees in these flows. -
UNHCR concerned about children in mixed migration flows through Mexico
12 Nov 2009 Dozens of child protection officers in Mexico work to ensure the rights of unaccompanied minors caught in the south-north mixed migration flows. -
Mexico marks 25 years of collaboration with UNHCR
25 Jul 2008 The Mexican government marks the 25th anniversary of the UN refugee agency's presence in the country, which has a long tradition of giving asylum. -
Mexico appoints child protection officers to help young migrants
27 Mar 2008 Mexico appoints 68 child protection officers to help address the needs of unaccompanied young migrants arriving in Mexico.