Latest updates on country situation
01 November 2023
On 25 October 2023, Hurricane Otis struck Acapulco, Mexico, resulting in 48 fatalities and 30 missing individuals as at 11 November. The Category 5 hurricane caused severe flooding and landslides, devastating critical infrastructure, damaging 120 health facilities, 292 education facilities and over 270,000 homes with 50,000 destroyed. The storm damaged 80% of hotel infrastructure. The damage of roads and bridges caused communication breakdowns, aggravating the crisis by leaving a significant number of people without basic services.
(OCHA 11/11/2023, UNICEF 01/11/2023, OCHA 13/11/2023)
current crises
in
Mexico
These crises have been identified through the INFORM Severity Index, a tool for measuring and comparing the severity of humanitarian crises globally.
MEX001 - Country Level
Last updated 27/09/2024
Drivers
Violence
Displacement
Crisis level
Country
Severity level
2.9 Medium
Access constraints
3.0
MEX002 - Criminal Violence
Last updated 27/09/2024
Drivers
Violence
Displacement
Crisis level
Country
Severity level
Access constraints
3.0
MEX003 - Mixed Migration
Last updated 27/09/2024
Drivers
Displacement
Crisis level
Country
Severity level
2.4 Medium
Access constraints
3.0
Analysis products
on
Mexico
05 July 2024
Impact of hurricane Beryl
DOCUMENT / PDF / 374 KB
On 1 July, Hurricane Beryl made landfall in southern Windward Island, becoming the earliest Category 5 Atlantic Basin hurricane on record. By
4 July, its impact had killed ten people across the Caribbean. Some of the most affected islands are Carriacou and Petite Martinique in Grenada, with 95% of houses damaged.
03 November 2022
Mexico: Venezuelan people stranded in Mexico
DOCUMENT / PDF / 395 KB
On 12 October, the US Department of Homeland Security announced joint actions with Mexico to create a more orderly and safe immigration system for Venezuelans. This aims to reduce the number of people arriving at the southwestern US border. At the same time, the number of stranded people unlikely to reach their destination is increasing, and the response capacity is overwhelmed.
21 October 2022
Mexico: humanitarian situation of people on the move
DOCUMENT / PDF / 2 MB
This report aims to give an overview of the situation of migrants and asylum seekers in these areas, as well as those in transit across the country. It includes the most immediate humanitarian needs, access constraints, and information gaps.
01 September 2020
Mexico: COVID-19 and Migration
DOCUMENT / PDF / 293 KB
At the end of August, the number of recorded COVID-19 deaths in Mexico reached 60,000, making it the country with the third highest death toll in the world, after the United States and Brazil. The COVID-19 epidemic in Mexico is interacting with other crisis dynamics in the country.
Attached resources
16 September 2019
Mexico: Dengue fever
DOCUMENT / PDF / 294 KB
Since the beginning of 2019, a regional epidemic cycle of dengue has broken out in Latin American and the Caribbean. According to the government, as of 2 September, Mexico has 11,600 confirmed cases of dengue, including 798 cases of severe dengue. However, the total number of probable cases is expected to be much higher by the end of 2019.