{"id":500431,"date":"2026-02-18T19:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/more-than-3700-hondurans-returned-in-january-and-1596-migrants-crossed-into-the-us-according-to-iom\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:10:54","slug":"more-than-3700-hondurans-returned-in-january-and-1596-migrants-crossed-into-the-us-according-to-iom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/more-than-3700-hondurans-returned-in-january-and-1596-migrants-crossed-into-the-us-according-to-iom\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 3,700 Hondurans returned in January and 1,596 migrants crossed into the US, according to IOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Tegucigalpa<\/strong>.- Some 3,709 Honduran migrants were deported to their country last January, <strong>9.5% more than in the same month of 2025<\/strong>, and 1,596 people, mainly Cubans, entered Honduras bound for the United States, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported this Wednesday.\n\nThe figure represents 322 more people than the 3,387 expulsions recorded in January 2025, according to a report published in Tegucigalpa by the IOM, based on data from the Consular and Migratory Observatory of Honduras.\n\nFrom the total, <strong>91.7% returned from the United States<\/strong>, <strong>7.6% from Mexico<\/strong> and <strong>0.7% from Guatemala<\/strong>, according to data from the international organization.\n\nTegucigalpa authorities estimate that around 1.8 million Hondurans reside in the United States, including migrants with legal status and those in an irregular situation, who emigrated fleeing violence, lack of employment, low wages and poverty that affect their country.\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/honduras-tendra-elecciones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hondurans must vote to demonstrate sovereignty, says Castro<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\nThe IOM report detailed that 97% of those returned to Honduras are adults, while the remaining 3% is made up of girls, boys, and adolescents (NNA).\n\n88% of migrants, equivalent to 3,273, received assistance at the Migrant Returnee Attention Center (CAMR) in San Pedro Sula (north); 4% (160) were assisted at the CAMR Bel\u00e9n, and 8% (276) at the CAMR Omoa, he detailed.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ONUmigracion\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ONUmigracion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IOM<\/a> indicated that in January 1,596 migrants in a situation of vulnerability<\/strong> irregularly entered Honduras bound for the United States, which represents a drop of 80.9% compared to the 8,341 registered in the same month of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\nOf the total, 76% came from Cuba, 9% from Ecuador, 4% from China and the remaining 11% from other nationalities.\n\nThe report specified that, of the total migrants who moved north through Honduras, 48% are men, 35% are women, and 17% are girls and boys.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tegucigalpa.- Some 3,709 Honduran migrants were deported to their country last January, 9.5% more than in the same month of 2025, and 1,596 people, mainly Cubans, entered Honduras bound for the United States, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported this Wednesday. 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