UNHCR Belize Fact Sheet: April - June 2024

UNHCR's partnership with the Refugees Department helps channel support and strengthen Belize's asylum system. Additionally, UNHCR works in partnership with Help for Progress (HfP), HUMANA People to People Belize (HUMANA), and the Human Rights Commission of Belize (HRCB). 

Key figures include 4,130 refugees and asylum-seekers, mainly from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, who live in Belize; more than 200 refugees and asylum-seekers who received legal assistance and counselling through UNHCR and partners; and 86 asylum-seekers who received cash-based assistance from UNHCR to improve access to health care, documentation, and shelter.