The northern border of the country could be exceeded. In that area of the country there are thousands of foreigners who have not been able to enter the United States or have already been deported.
Hernández López explains that both public and private services will not be enough given the number of migrants who require a place to live, employment, access to health and education.
“The border is a concentrating space for both those who have been rising and those who have come down by force. The scenario is not at all encouraging because this hostile response through expulsion only generates chaos and meager conditions for people, “she says.
The Human Right Watch organization spoke out against the way in which the United States has pressured Mexico and in which the Mexican government has responded against migrants.
“The United States must restore access to asylum at its border and stop pressuring Mexico to clamp down on migration. Mexico must guarantee that Comar has the necessary funds and that asylum seekers can present their requests at border crossings and detention centers,” reads a report that also indicates that Mexico has 17 pesos per each migrant to process a humanitarian visa.
(Damián Sánchez Jesús/Cuartoscuro.)
Mexico, scene of different crises
Since 2018, the migratory phenomenon has rebounded. In caravans or in small groups, migrants have chosen to cross Mexico to reach the United States.
“The previous migration crisis was of Guatemalans, later Haitians, Cubans, Hondurans and now Venezuelans, which means that Mexico should have already learned that it needs to take action to address these waves, the only thing that has changed is nationality,” he says. Alma Guadarrama Muñoz, expert in international law and researcher at La Salle University.
Due to these migratory waves, in Mexico there are migrants of different nationalities. According to the INM, in 2021, 130,269 migrants were deported, of which 96% were citizens of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
That year, Venezuelans hardly figured among the deportations made by Mexico. In 2021, 371 were returned to their country of origin, a figure that in eight months of 2022 was already exceeded. Between January and August, there are 466 deported Venezuelans.
“We are going to continue to have this type of crisis, tomorrow it will be the Colombians, and the day after tomorrow it will surely be the Brazilians,” adds Guadarrama Muñoz.
