Using data released today from the Mexican government’s Refugee Aid Commission (COMAR), here is the breakdown of asylum requests before Mexico’s system during what is certain to be a record-breaking year. Asylum requests in Mexico are on track to exceed 150,000 in 2023.

Chart: Asylum Requests in Mexico by Nationality 2023: Haiti 33%, Honduras 27%, Cuba 11%, El Salvador 4.5%, Venezuela 4.2%, Guatemala 4.1%, All others <4% Since 2013: Honduras 32%, Haiti 22%, Cuba 10%, El Salvador 8.95%, Venezuela 8.93%, All others <5% Honduras Haiti Cuba El Salvador Venezuela Guatemala Nicaragua Brazil** Chile** Other Countries 2013 530 14 98 309 1 47 20 277 2014 1035 25 96 626 56 108 28 163 2015 1560 16 37 1476 57 102 28 2 145 2016 4129 47 43 3494 361 437 70 2 213 2017 4274 436 796 3708 4038 676 62 4 1 624 2018 13679 76 214 6193 6331 1347 1271 524 2019 30082 5530 8679 9039 7621 3772 2233 554 2841 2020 15364 5909 5712 4011 3241 3002 803 368 806 1698 2021 36079 50944 8249 5945 6125 4118 2894 3795 6891 4740 2022 31005 17074 18076 7782 14886 5259 8975 2569 12596 2023 31055 37736 12777 5033 4784 4646 3531 3183 10215

Data table

Last month, Mexico received 11,984 asylum requests, the second-lowest monthly total all year. 33 percent came from citizens of Haiti, plus another 6 percent from Brazil and Chile who are almost entirely the children born in those countries to Haitian migrants there. Honduras followed with 27 percent of September’s total, then Cuba (11 percent).