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Highlights
- In 2026, 11.3 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, including 3.9 million children and adolescents, will need humanitarian assistance due to armed violence and unsafe migration. Children are at risk of exploitation, recruitment by armed groups and psychological distress. Women and girls face protection risks.
- In 2025, stricter migration controls along major northbound routes led to a 99 per cent reduction in irregular crossings through the Darién Gap compared with 2024. At the same time, alternative routes have become more prominent, with shifts towards destination countries within the region. There are also increasingly visible southbound movements. People from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela continue to make up 98 per cent of those on the move.
- UNICEF's response will prioritize protection of migrant and violence-affected children, ensuring access to mental health support and the prevention of gender-based violence, while facilitating access to health and nutrition services, education and safe water.
- UNICEF requires US$106.2 million to reach 468,000 children in 2026.
KEY PLANNED TARGETS
288,652 children and women accessing primary health care
469,441 children/caregivers accessing community-based mental health and psychosocial support
168,383 children accessing formal or non-formal education, including early learning
643,421 people accessing a sufficient quantity and quality of water