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An International Organization for Migration report finds that 68% of children and teenagers who have returned to Honduras show strong interest in continuing their education, as the country assesses reintegration challenges and institutional support for sustainable reintegration.

A 9-year-old girl who disappeared in August 2021 was located when she arrived on a deportation flight; immigration officials matched her to a missing-person alert in their system and reunited her with her family.

President Asfura attributed the US cancellation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) affecting over 50,000 Hondurans to strained diplomatic relations between the previous Castro administration and the White House, saying that stance damaged the legal standing of Hondurans in the program for decades.

Honduras recorded 716 asylum requests from foreign nationals in 2025, quadruple the previous level, while 262,913 Hondurans abroad remain in need of international protection, according to UNHCR data.

Honduras's National Migration Institute registered 4,917 foreign nationals passing through the country in transit between January and June 25, 2026, marking a decline in irregular migration flows.

According to Honduras's National Migration Institute, 19,364 Hondurans were returned to the country from January through May 2026, with 17,531 coming from the United States, 1,750 from Mexico, and 83 from Guatemala.

Honduras's National Migration Institute is now requiring travelers departing to countries with active measles circulation to show proof of vaccination, a Health Secretariat-backed measure to prevent the virus from being imported into Honduras.