More than half of the irregular migrants who arrive in Mexico flee violence in their countries. UNHCR monitoring reveals that it is as dangerous to cross the North American country as the entire journey that people take to reach the southern border, including El Darién, the dangerous crossing between Colombia and Panama.

Mexico experienced a peak in asylum requests in 2023: it was the year with the most requests for refuge in its history, with more than 140,000 people who needed that protection. The migratory phenomenon in Ecuador appears recent in terms of the figures of the organization.