A group of migrants, mostly Venezuelans, were detained on the border between Honduras and Guatemala. On the other hand, those who were deported from the US and sent to Mexico were taken to a refugee aid center in the capital, but without assistance.
The migration crisis in America, accentuated by the decision of the United States to deport Venezuelan migrants who entered that country irregularly, leads the other countries of the continent to take measures to minimize the flow of people through those territories or alleviate the situation. of those who were expelled from the US.
Mexico, which in recent days saw the US measure regarding migrants as “positive”, now faces a significant situation with these people, mostly Venezuelans. In that sense, to alleviate the situation generated on the northern border of that country, they began transferring a hundred of our nationals to Mexico City.
These are the Venezuelans who were deported in two buses and left in the city of Tamaulipas and who tried, without success, to re-enter the US arguing that they were not affected by the measure taken from the White House as of October 12. They were taken to the headquarters of the Mexican Commission for Aid to Refugees (Comar), in the capital.
However, they were left outside those offices waiting to be seen because Comar does not work on weekends.
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“They offered us all the help. A better shelter, because in Matamoros they did not have facilities and logistics, but they deceived us, and now we are here on the street with only what we have on,” Tearrán Acevedo, a 32-year-old Venezuelan, told the AP agency, complaining of the cold and hunger that he suffered after his arrival in Mexico City.
US authorities have agreed that they will return those who cross the border illegally from Mexico, a figure that exceeded 33,000 people in September alone.
Despite the new restrictions from Washington, Acevedo assured that he has no plans to return to Venezuela and that he will continue to insist on going to the United States. “We want our voice to be heard because all of our rights were flouted,” he added.
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On the other hand, the authorities in Guatemala detained on Sunday, October 16, a group of 350 migrants who were seeking to cross through that country to reach the United States. These people tried to cross the Motagua bridge in the Izabal region, where a police picket prevented their passage.
The Guatemalan Migration Institute indicated that migrants “do not meet the immigration requirements” to enter the country, so “the safe return to the border of origin” of citizens of various nationalities, in this case Honduras, is coordinated.
Meanwhile, the United States ambassador to Venezuela, James Story, posted a video on his social networks from the Necoclí area, in Colombia, to speak with migrants who want to travel to the US on foot and urge them not to make the crossing; but rather use the legal electronic mechanisms provided.
Message about the new migration process for Venezuelans
❌Don’t let the coyotes take advantage of you! Find out ?? https://t.co/DJwnffCHSM
Venezuelans who try to enter the US illegally will be sent back to Mexico
We are your source of official information pic.twitter.com/MEzyMln1b0
— Ambassador James “Jimmy” Story (@usembassyve) October 16, 2022
Along with the announcement of the new reality on the border, the US also created a new migratory relief program for Venezuelans with which they hope to “disincentivize” migratory movement through different countries in the region, including Panama and Mexico.
The program, which is similar to a benefit that the US already gives to people from Ukraine, has a limit of 24,000 applicants, a much lower number compared to the number of Venezuelans who have been arrested crossing the border with Mexico in recent months.
With information from Swiss Info / VOA /
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