The Guatemalan Institute of Migration (IGM) expelled this Monday 27 Cubans for not having migratory documents for their legal stay. According to a statement, the members of the group, in which 13 women, one child and 13 men were traveling, lacked the category C visa consulted, one of the requirements for entering Guatemalan territory, in addition to a valid passport.
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance eliminated last August from the official migration protocol the PCR tests and proof of vaccination against covid, but for safety reasons, he maintains the use of the face mask.
After providing “humanitarian, medical and psychosocial assistance,” the IGM indicated, the 27 Cubans, along with 25 migrants from Venezuela, 4 from Ecuador, two from Sierra Leone, one Honduran and two minors from Colombia, were taken in a Guatemalan National Police to the border with Honduras.
Sunday morning at kilometer 321 of the Inter-American highway in the municipality of Nentón, in the department of Huehuetenango, l Guatemalan police intercepted 25 Cubans and two Nicaraguans who entered the country illegally.
Official calculations state that more than 11,000 people have been expelled this year to Honduras, after entering Guatemala illegally. Included in this figure are more than 400 Cubans, of which 374 are in shelters.
Guatemala is a natural passageway for Cubans and the number of migrants has increased since November of last year, when the Nicaraguan government of Daniel Ortega stopped requiring visas, which placed Managua as the escape springboard for thousands of citizens of the island. .
According to data from the National Civil Police, between January 1 and June 9, 5,757 people of 43 different nationalities entered Guatemala illegally. Of them 643 were Cuban.
As part of the measures to contain the irregular migratory flow through the customs of the border towns, the IMG reported that surveillance would be reinforced in Agua Caliente and El Carrizo, in addition to the National Civil Police and the Army strategically placing posts in the main transit routes of Izabal, Zacapa, Petén, Chiquimula, Suchitepéquez, Huehuetenango, San Marcos and Guatemala City.
#Information | Small groups, made up of 10 people, are currently concentrated at the Corinto Border Post. Those who do not meet the established immigration requirements are being expelled. We appreciate the support of @PNCdeGuatemala Y @Army_GT. pic.twitter.com/B0M5A8vXJE
– Migration Guatemala (@MigracionGuate) October 17, 2022
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