MPI-WFP-MIT Report: Stemming Rising Migration from Central America Calls for Tackling Immediate Needs and Root Causes

WASHINGTON, DC/PANAMA — Poverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence pushed an estimated annual average of 378,000 Central Americans to migrate to the United States over the past five years, highlights a new report launched today. A high price is paid in human and economic costs, including an estimated $2.2 billion a year to travel regularly and irregularly.