Migration from Honduras flows to Belize...

. Migration from Honduras flows to Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and the United States. Belize and Guatemala host many Hondurans as temporary agriculture workers. In addition, it is estimated that 108,000 Hondurans transit through Guatemala annually. Hondurans comprised 36% of all border apprehensions in Mexico in 199923 and 46% of the Central Americans apprehended by immigration authorities along the southwest border of the United States from 1999-2001.

. Salvadorans migrate to Guatemala as temporary agricultural laborers. They also use Guatemala as a transit point into Mexico and the United States. An estimated 36,000 Salvadorans passed through Guatemala in 2001.25 Salvadorans comprised 19% of all border apprehensions in Mexico in 199926 and 32% of the Central Americans apprehended by immigration authorities along the southwest border of the United States from 1999-2001. Migration to Belize also occurs.

. Guatemala sends between 100 and 120 thousand temporary agricultural workers into Mexico a year. In addition, many Guatemalans attempt to cross into Mexico illegally and are likely to continue to the United States. Guatemalans comprised 43% of all border apprehensions in Mexico in 199928 and 19% of the Central Americans apprehended by immigration authorities along the southwest border of the United States from 1999-2001. Guatemalan migration has also been registered to Belize.

The Central American Commission of Migration Directorates has estimated the Central American migrant population to be nearly five million. The income generated through these migrants has developed into an important source of wealth for the Central American countries.

Remittances, which have increased consistently over the last ten years, now contribute a significant amount to the region's resources: