Everyone has the right to seek safety. No one should be forced to leave everything behind, to face unfathomable tragedy. We work tirelessly across Central America to ensure that anyone who flees violence and persecution can seek asylum in other countries or protection in their own.
UNHCR works with the seven governments leading the Comprehensive Regional Protection and Solutions Framework (MIRPS), seeking innovative solutions to the displacement crisis in Central America, in the spirit of the Global Compact on Refugees and the Sustainable Development Goals.
We work closely with partners, including civil society and faith-based organizations, in high-risk and displaced communities to increase their resilience and support those who have been forcibly displaced. We are also encouraging solutions for internally displaced people, refugees, asylum seekers and deportees with protection needs from Central America.
To this end, we strive to help enhance the capacity of refugee-receiving countries to provide access to fair and efficient refugee status determination procedures. We are supporting safe space networks and shelters across Central America and Mexico so that immediate assistance is available to people on the move and that those in need of international protection are identified.
We also work with other humanitarian organizations and with development agencies to make sure that we reach those we serve in countries of origin, including through programmes that seek to empower internally displaced people, children, women, deportees with protection needs, LGTBI people and others affected by violence. We provide life-saving support and cash grants to help displaced people cope.
Furthermore, we promote the local integration of refugees and asylum-seekers in their host countries and help them to use their skills or learn new ones. We are also investing in efforts to curb xenophobia and promote peaceful coexistence among the displaced and their hosts.
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