Jessica Xantomila and Jared Laureles
La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, November 21, 2024, p. 10
In a situation of psychosis and terrible anxiety
Migrants in Mexico are faced with the threats of the future president of the United States, Donald Trump, to end programs such as the CBP One system to request asylum in that country, and the misinformation that traffickers disseminate to pressure them to cross the border. north, shelter managers warned.
The above, they stated, has caused people to They are trying to get to the border no matter what.
before Trump assumes the presidency, on January 20.
María Magdalena Silva Rentería, director of Cafemin and member of the Documentation Network of Migrant Defense Organizations (Redodem), pointed out that for this population and the shelters that host them, it is seen terrible
the outlook in the coming months.
There is going to be a massive comeback
of people if the CBP One system disappears, to this we must add other deportations, plus the migrants who remain in Mexico and who continue to arrive to request asylum in the United States through said application, he warned.
In a press conference, he indicated that currently the reception spaces are not saturated, but this is due to the fact that migrants do not stay. “They arrive and say ‘I’m leaving,’” they continue on their way to the northern states, said Silva Rentería.
They protect remains of deceased people
He highlighted the importance of shelters, since they not only provide shelter, food and accompaniment, but in some cases they even end up protecting remains of deceased migrants.
We have four urns of babies, whose mothers had complicated pregnancies and almost as soon as they arrived at Cafemin to give birth and their babies died. We also have two adults, such as a woman over 60 years old who was beaten in an assault in Veracruz. Upon arrival she reported pain in one leg, she was treated, but she did not improve and she was sent to the hospital; However, it turns out that it brought an explosion of viscera
he lamented.
Given this context, Ignacio Martínez, coordinator of the Redodem Investigation Commission and director of the ABBA shelter in Guanajuato, asked the Mexican State look a little more at the organizations that are in charge of serving people on mobility
.
Sergio Luna, coordinator of the Redodem Advocacy Commission and director of La Sagrada Familia in Tlaxcala, urged to expand the capacity for humanitarian assistance, since there could also be a greater increase in violence and human trafficking.
Redodem, which brings together 23 civil society organizations and shelters in 13 states of the country, also presented a report yesterday in which it highlighted that for the first time in 10 years, in 2023 it registered the entry of more than 50 thousand people, adding 53,435, which represented an increase of 55 percent.
He noted: There is a greater presence of girls and boys on migratory routes
since there were 10 thousand registrations, when the highest number had been 1,577 in 2019.
He also warned about the violence suffered by migrants, which ranges from extortion and assaults, to kidnappings, homicides and disappearances.
