MIAMI, United States. — Almost 45,000 Cuban migrants have entered Honduras so far this year, according to figures from the National Migration Institute (INM) released today by the EFE Agency.
In total, the number of citizens of the Caribbean island who have entered Honduran territory irregularly amounts to 44,535 and represents more than half of the total number of migrants who have been registered in 2022.
Statistics indicate that until last August 19, 79,667 migrants entered the Central American country, whose objective has been none other than to move north towards the United States.
In 2022, 19,222 Venezuelan migrants, 4,795 Ecuadorians, 3,051 Haitians, 642 from India, 636 from Colombia, 592 from Senegal, 569 from Angola, 470 from Bangladesh, 478 from the Dominican Republic, 446 from Brazil, 423 from Ghana, 403 from Nicaragua, 329 from Cameroon, 278 from Somalia, 256 from China, 239 from Nepal, 209 from Eritrea and 2,094 from other nationals.
The Honduran Migration Institute adds that 54.8% (43,676) of the migrants who have entered that country in 2022 are men, 28.5% (22,728) are women and 16.6% (13 263) are children and adolescents.
Of the total number of migrants counted so far this year, 52.5% (41,847) were between 0 and 30 years old and 47.5% (37,820) were over 30 years old.
The Honduran Migration Institute also indicated that 77.3% (61,556) of the migrants entered the country through the municipalities of Danlí and Trojes, located in the department of El Paraíso, on the border with Nicaragua.
The report of the EFE Agency reports that at the beginning of August a legislative decree came into force that exempts migrants in mobility who enter Honduras irregularly from paying an administrative fine of more than 200 dollars.
The migratory amnesty was published on August 3 in the Official Gazette, three months after its approval in the Honduran Parliament.
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