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Countries: Mexico, Haiti Source: Mรฉdecins Sans Frontiรจres Haitian migrants search for opportunity in MexicoWithout safe routes, many migrants are choosing to travel in groups for safety in their search for work and dignity. Kate Rankin May 26 2026, 11:50am For years, the city of Tapachula, Mexico, was a transit point for people traveling north to seek refuge in the United States. Since January 2025, the Trump administrationโs restrictive immigration policies, on top of regional pressure to curb migration, have transformed Mexico into a country of containment. Migrants cannot work formally or access basic services. Even movement is a challenge, as migrants face lengthy bureaucratic processes just to obtain documents allowing them to move legally throughout Mexico. Teams with Doctors Without Borders/Mรฉdecins Sans Frontiรจres (MSF) are operating mobile clinics to assist migrants within Mexico, and are providing general and mental health care. In the absence of safe migration routes, many migrants are choosing to travel in groups for safety, often on foot, in their search for work and dignity within the country. Below, Derly Sรกnchez Arias, MSF coordinator in Tapachula, explains why migrants are taking this risk, despite the dangers and challenges they face. By Derly Sรกnchez Arias, MSF coordinator in Tapachula On the night of April 20, 2026, after hours of rain, nearly 1,000 people left Tapachula on foot and began walking along the coastal highway. They carried only the essentials: water, some food, and their few belongings. They were not marching as a political strategy or to provoke authorities. They were walking because staying was no longer an option. After more than 25 days on the road, they aim to reach Mexico City or another city that might offer them the possibility of work and a dignified life. One of the roots of this movement lies in Haiti, where a humanitarian crisis, armed violence, institutional collapse, and the deterioration of the health care system have made daily life unviable. This is not only about political instability: It is a humanitarian crisis in which entire families flee not only poverty, but also violence in which people โ especially women and girls โ are used as a territory of war. Above all, they seek protection and a small chance at a sustainable future. Lemeus, en route from Tapachula to Mexico City โI went several days without eating just to pay rentโ I left my home in search of better conditions. I arrived in Tapachula and faced the same challenges: finding work and a place to sleep. During my stay, I went several days without eating just to pay rent. It was hunger that ultimately pushed me to join the caravan. What I want is to reach Mexico City, but the walk, the sun, the headaches, and the blisters on my feet are just some of the obstacles that make the journey harder. Every time I woke up and couldnโt do anything, I felt stressed. Now, at least when I walk, I do so with a purpose: to achieve my plans and build a better life. A city that is both a gateway and place of containment Upon arriving in Mexico, that expectation meets a new barrier: Tapachula. The city functions as a blockade; It is a gateway but, at the same time, a point of containment where time seems to stand still. Without timely access to documents such as the Clave รnica de Registro de Poblaciรณn (CURP) โ an official identification number essential for working, accessing services, and legal status in Mexico โ thousands of people remain trapped in informal shelters, with no real opportunity to rebuild their lives. Since the beginning of 2025, MSF mobile clinics have assisted more than 1,400 people from seven caravans. Ninety-five percent of patients were older than 15, and 66 percent were women. Djosymar, from Haiti โHope is what keeps me goingโ Iโve been in Tapachula since December last year and I couldnโt find work. Iโm a migrant โ I donโt have a CURP โ and that makes it harder to obtain documents and a job. I like this place, but I had no choice but to leave to try to build a better life somewhere else in Mexico. The hardest part of the journey is the sun. The route is long, and both the weather and the exhaustion make everything more difficult. So do the chafing and the burst blisters on our feet โ everything becomes extremely tough. Hope is what keeps me going โ hope, and the desire to help my grandmother, to take care of her. She still lives in Haiti. For me, she is everything; she is my motivation. Forced stays in Tapachula are causing physical and mental harm In Tapachula, between 20,000 and 50,000 people remain waiting, according to estimates from local NGOs. In consultations, MSF teams have heard recurring stories: Women, men, and children who have fled violence only to encounter new forms of vulnerability and violence in Mexico. The impacts are not only physical; mental health consequences are also present. Many people have chronic illnesses that have gone months without treatment. People are living in overcrowded conditions, often without reliable access to food or safe drinking water, while many children remain out of school and struggle to survive on the streets. Walking under scorching sun with open blisters is not a choice or a strategy. It is a response to stagnation. As they move forward, the caravan exposes the limits of a response that has failed to resolve the situation. Continuing to interpret caravans as a threat is to miss the essential point: They are the result of contexts that push people out, and of journeys marked by waiting, uncertainty, and a lack of viable alternatives. They are like an open wound unable to heal โ the result of violence that forces people to flee, and then follows them during transit and at borders, in rejections of asylum, and the general indifference to their plight. To see them as a threat is to deny the dignity of those who, even while in pain, keep walking with the hope of finding a place to start again and live without fear. Malaika, a mother of two from Haiti โGoing back is not an optionโ โI fled my country because of insecurity and arrived in Mexico with my two children in November 2025. After not receiving any response, my only option was to join the caravan. I was forced to take the risk and head north in search of work. The most difficult part is walking. My feet can still keep going, but they hurt. Going back is not an option โ we donโt want to return to where we came from or relive those hardships: lack of jobs, violence, and undignified living conditions. For those of us already here, the only alternative is to rely on our own strength and keep our spirits up. Mexico 2026 ยฉ รngel Rodrรญguez/MSF We speak out. Get updates.
Country: World Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The Pooled Funds StoryHub is no longer being updated. New stories about the impact of OCHA Humanitarian Funds will now be published on UNOCHA.org here https://www.unocha.org/pooled-fund-impact-stories
Country: Yemen Source: United Nations Population Fund Please refer to the attached file. ADEN, Yemen - "I lived in silence, hiding my pain from others, enduring my own gaze before enduring theirs," recalls Safiy, 28 years from Bajil District in Al Hudaydah Governorate. For five years, Safiy carried a pain she could neither understand nor explain. After severe complications during childbirth at a hospital in Bajil, she began experiencing faecal leakageโa condition that would force her to withdraw from from daily life. Amina, 20 years, from Aden Governorate too, faced her own silent battle. Married at fifteen and pregnant nine months later, she had no access to antenatal care in her remote village. When labour came, it lasted three agonizing days with only a traditional birth attendant by her side. By the time she reached a hospital, her baby had died. An emergency cesarean section saved her life, but left her with an obstetric fistulaโa devastating childbirth injury that would isolate her for a year and a half. Safiy and Amina's stories reflect a harsh reality facing thousands of women across Yemen. Global estimates reveal that Yemen has the highest prevalence of obstetric fistula in the Arab States regionโ113 cases per 100,000 women as of 2020, compared to 86 per 100,000 across Arab States and 36 per 100,000 in Asia and the Pacific. Obstetric fistulaโa hole between the birth canal and bladder or rectum caused by prolonged, obstructed labour without timely medical interventionโis both preventable and treatable. Yet in Yemen, a perfect storm of factors has made it a persistent crisis: early marriage and adolescent pregnancy, critically low rates of skilled birth attendance, and a healthcare system devastated by over a decade of conflict. When Systems Collapse, Women Pay the Price The conflict and humanitarian crisis have pushed Yemen's healthcare system to the brink. An estimated 19.4 million people lack access to basic healthcare, including reproductive health services. Nearly half of all health facilities remain fully or partially functional, and only one in five of them provide maternal and newborn care. Almost half of all childbirths occur outside a health facility. Nearly a quarter of pregnant women do not receive antenatal care, while only 3 in five women give birth with skilled assistance. For women like Safiy and Amina, the barriers to treatment are formidable: limited functional facilities with operating theatres and specialized fistula care, financial and transportation obstacles, weak referral systems in remote areas, and a severe shortage of trained fistula surgeons. Most devastating is the social stigmaโthe isolation and psychological trauma that discourage women from seeking care at all. A Lifeline in Darkness Safiy decided not to surrender. After being examined at a health facility in Al Huban, she was referred to a UNFPA-supported fistula treatment centre at Al Sadaqa Hospital in Aden. "When the doctor told me about my condition, she said treatment was possible," Safiy remembers. "Those words alone gave me back my breath." She underwent surgery successfully at no cost, and received financial support to cover the transportation. "I could not believe the pain that had accompanied me for five years could come to an end," she says. "Today, I am recovering step by step. I am reclaiming my health, my dignity, and my life." Amina's path to healing followed a similar trajectory. When she learned about the fistula treatment centre she contacted the coordinator and traveled to Al Sadaqa Hospital. After successful surgery, her recovery began. "The hospital not only treated my condition but restored my dignity and renewed my confidence in life," Amina says. "They gave me the chance for a new beginning.โ Building Back Better UNFPA supports two dedicated obstetric fistula treatment centers in Yemenโat Al Sadaqa Hospital in Aden and Al Thawra Hospital in Sana'aโproviding surgical repair, training midwives, supporting safe childbirth practices, and ensuring women with complications can access skilled care. Since 2023, nearly 300 obstetric fistula repair surgeries have been successfully completed at these two centres. Through partnerships with Ministry of Public Health and local organizations like Deem for Development Organization, UNFPA is working to strengthen referral systems, expand access to emergency obstetric care, and address the root causes that result in obstetric fistula. But the need far outweighs current capacity with steep funding cuts threating the suspension of UNFPAโs support to these two centres "Yes, my story is full of pain, but it is also full of hope,โ recalls Safiy. On the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, that hope needs to transform into action. Obstetric fistula is preventable and treatable; ending it is within our reach.
Country: Bangladesh Source: United Nations Population Fund SHERPUR, Bangladesh โ Banessa Bibi, now in her nineties, cannot remember how many children she brought into this world. She only recalls the three daughters and two sons who survived. In her village, childbirth once meant labouring in the dark corner of a room into the hands of an unskilled birth attendant. Little had changed even by the time her two daughters, Jamena and Jamila, had children. For both, the consequences were devastating. Jamila, now 45, experienced severe complications as she delivered her second child at home. Prolonged obstructed labour caused an obstetric fistula, a traumatic childbirth injury. Preventable and treatable Obstructed labour is a deadly condition if not urgently treated โ and treatment is both well established and available in most referral health facilities. Usually, this means a Caesarean section delivery. When women are unable to access care, the consequences can include death of the baby, death of the mother, or long-lasting physical injuries like obstetric fistula. The fistula, a hole in the birth canal, often causes incontinence and stigma. Women with this injury are often ostracized. Preventing and treating obstetric fistula is a human rights imperative, according to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, which is the UNโs sexual and reproductive health agency. A flicker of hope After her obstructed labour, Jamila was left with regularly leaking urine and a foul odor coming from her body. Out of shame and humiliation, she withdrew from public life for two decades. Even her own granddaughter refused to go near her, she described. Jamila still shudders recalling years of feeling trapped in isolation. When she first learned her fistula could be cured by doctors at the UNFPA-supported Dhaka Medical College Hospital, she finally felt a flicker of hope. Two free surgeries followed, bringing the miracle of recovery. โThey gave me my life back,โ Jamila said. โAt first, I was scared of what would happen to me. But their kindness, counselling and stories of other recovered women gave me strength. For the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, Jamila could breathe freely, sit comfortably beside others and live with dignity. Jamena, 55, also developed an obstetric fistula while delivering the first of her seven children. For years, she concealed her injury, fearing she might lose her job as a domestic worker. In 2025, after hearing about her younger sisterโs surgery, she started to believe that healing might be possible for her too. With support from a UNFPA-supported fistula coordinator, Jamena sought treatment. Today, both sisters are healthy. They laugh, work, socialize and move through their community without fear or shame. A better future For as long as anyone can remember, gaps in maternal healthcare services in Sherpur had left pregnant women at high risk of fistula. But today, midwives conduct weekly outreach sessions, bringing maternal healthcare directly to local community clinics and reaching women who might otherwise never seek care. This includes midwives deployed by UNFPA with funding from Global Affairs Canada. UNFPA has also trained healthcare workers in the area, helping to dismantle long-standing barriers to care. As maternal health services improve, childbirth complications are being addressed, helping to prevent obstetric fistula from happening in the first place. And health teams are in place to provide comprehensive follow-up and treatment if it does occur. Even deep-rooted notions that home births are cheaper and less "troublesome" than going to a hospital are shifting through public awareness campaigns supported by UNFPA and the Government of Bangladesh. Banessa and her daughters lived a painful reality, one shared by generations of women in the past โ but not the future.