Carolina Gomez Mena
Newspaper La Jornada
Wednesday, January 11, 2023, p. 6
In the context of the Summit of Mexico, the United States and Canada, the Latin American and Caribbean Ecclesial Network for Migration, Refuge, Displacement and Trafficking (Clamor) declared that as a result of the meeting the objectives of having a human migration, safe , orderly and regular.
The instance, dependent on the Latin American Episcopal Council (Celam), which brings together more than 600 Catholic organizations, explained that the current panorama of migration on the continent It is not encouraging because the high levels of forced displacements do not stop and the people who find themselves in need of doing so are more vulnerable on their way.
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The body, headed by Gustavo Rodríguez, Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico), and Elvy Monzant Arraga, Executive Secretary, highlighted that there are currently stranded migrants, suffering from the inclemencies of winter, especially cold this year in the northern hemisphere, a situation that is complicated by the restrictive provisions to grant them asylum in the United States, under the so-called Title 42, which will remain in force indefinitely by decision of the Supreme Court of that country, in contravention of the decision of a judge who ordered an end to it.”
The Network asked Presidents Joe Biden, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Justin Trudeau “to address the immigration issue as a priority and address it from a human perspective, which is assumed regionally, including Central America and the rest of Latin America, to build public policies that generate favorable economic and human development conditions, so that people do not have to leave their places of origin.
That the principles and obligations of international law be respected and that asylum be guaranteed to people in need of international protection, regardless of the political conditions of the countries of destination
and that funds be sought so that transit nations and border cities can facilitate migration processes, especially for the most vulnerable groups.”
Likewise, it urged that Title 42 be annulled and that, on the contrary, a perspective of human rights, not national security, be followed in local and regional agreements, decisions, and provisions on migration, asylum, and refuge.”
If Title 42 ends a double effect is achieved: on the one hand, the number of people entering the United States is reduced and, on the other, many undocumented immigrants are sent back to Mexico, where they are completely helpless.
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