Mexico: asylum seekers legally recognized as refugees 2002-2018
In 2018, the number of asylum seekers that obtained legal refugee status in Mexico amounted to 1,327, down from 4,195 reported a year earlier. Nonetheless, the amount of legally recognized refugees in Mexico increased nearly 2.8 thousand percent between 2002 and 2018. In 2019, the North American nation received over 70.6 thousand asylum applications.
