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This SNAPSHOT summarizes the findings of Protection Monitoring conducting during the quarter. Protection Monitoring is part of the humanitarian response of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) in Mexico to the crisis affecting mixed migration flows. DRC conducts this Protection Monitoring in Tapachula, Reynosa and Matamoros. The activities are carried out with the financial support of the European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) and the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) of the United States Department of State. The intervention is conducted in association with Save the Children Spain and Mexico, Plan International USA and Mexico, HIAS Mexico,
Doctors of the World France and Switzerland, and Alternativas Pacificas- To view the interactive Dashboard of the results of this period and since the start of the Protection Monitoring program, click here.
The quarter from July to September 2024 was characterized by changes in migration flows in the country, due to the impacts of different measures and policies. According to official figures, more than 200,000 people without regular immigration status were processed by Mexican immigration authorities between July and August, reflecting the general upward trend since the end of 2023. These figures may suggest an increase in migration flows arriving in Mexico or only in the scope of the containment measures implemented by the Mexican authorities. At the same time, between July and September, COMAR formalized the receipt of applications from approximately 17,000 people, which represents a reduction of more than 50% with respect to the number if applicants registered in the same period during 2023. These figures coincide with the continuation of measures that hinder access to asylum in the United States, and with the decision of US authorities at the end of August 2024 expanding coverage of the CBP One application to the states of Chiapas and Tabasco, which opens the opportunity for people in Tapachula to initiate applications for an appointment with the US authorities. On the other side of the border, U.S. immigration authorities continued to process individuals with CBP One appointments, with approximately 38,000 in July and 44,000 in both August and September, while simultaneously reporting a significant decrease in irregular arrivals during the quarter, with approximately 300,000 events recorded, compared to more than 680,000 in the same period in 2023. This is largely attributed to changes in the procedure and criteria for asylum adopted in June.