Further to the war between Honduras and El Salvador in 1969, buffer regions were established along the border and an international agreement was signed in 1998 (which recognized the population the right to choose their nationality, have property and allow free movement). However to date, most of the population living in the largest of these buffer regions, known as "Nahuaterique", still has irregular status.
In recent years, IOM has supported the Foreign Ministry in various projects related to migration, supporting the strengthening of institutions to meet the needs of the migrant population and the analysis of existing policies and strategies.
This proposed project will strengthen the technical capacity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to regularize the population in the “Nahuaterique" area.
Further outputs will include:
• Public institutions, private sector, civil society informed about the applicable regulations.
• Census of residents of Nahuaterique for eligible Salvadoran or Honduras nationality.
• The Honduras-El Salvador Monitoring Committee is informed in order to manage the coordination processes for the implementation of the agreement.