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Central and North American states vow joint action on refugees
4 Aug 2016 Ahead of September summits focused on refugees, nine countries pledge to work together to strengthen protection for refugees fleeing Central America. -
Risking all to escape Central America's killer street gangs
6 Jul 2016 Persecuted by the maras, Salvadorans, Hondurans and Guatemalans turn to smugglers to escape Central America's worst refugee crisis since the 1980s. -
UNHCR calls for urgent action as Central America asylum claims soar
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Stabbed 58 times, transgender woman flees El Salvador
8 Dec 2015 Neila is among a growing number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people from Central America seeking asylum in Mexico. -
UNHCR warns of "looming refugee crisis" in the Americas
28 Oct 2015 A new report flags a growing crisis as thousands of women from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico are driven from their homes by unchecked gang violence -
Fleeing gangs, Salvadoran tailors make new life in Mexico
23 Oct 2015 Threatened by murderous "mara" street gangs, family of five from San Salvador joined thousands from their Central American homeland seeking refuge in neighboring 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. -
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 beefs up Côte d'Ivoire preparedness, as political crisis deepens
21 Dec 2010 UNHCR ready to cope with the needs of up to 30,000 Ivorian refugees after airlifting additional supplies to Liberia and Guinea from emergency stockpile.