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AZMEX I3/2 29 APR 2018


Humanitarian crisis in Central America impacts Sonora
By: EDUARDO LÓPEZ | 04/29/2018 6:20

http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Sonora/29042018/1335227-Crisis-humanitaria-de-Centroamerica-impacta-a-Sonora.html

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HERMOSILLO, Sonora (GH)

The exodus of Central Americans fleeing violence and poverty in their countries, generates about 300 per day to Mexico, which has become a humanitarian crisis that impacts Sonora as it is a necessary step towards the United States.

The state is geographically located in one of the two most important migratory routes in the country, said Gloria Ciria Valdez Gardea, researcher at El Colegio de Sonora, for which national and international migrants seek to reach the border with the United States.
"For many years it has been a state of transit, arrival, crossing, a state where migrants stay," she said, "especially in border communities such as Nogales, Agua Prieta and San Luis Río Colorado."

She indicated that border entities should take advantage of migrant skills.
She considered that the entities of the border should take advantage of the skills of the migrants, given that the transit will continue and is expected to intensify in the following years.

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It was a week ago that about 600 Central American migrants arrived in Hermosillo hoping to continue on their way to the Sonora or Baja California border, but they were stranded.

The National Institute of Migration began the process for about 200 people who applied for a humanitarian visa during the week, but the process, according to the migrants, became slow, and many of them no longer have money for the photos. "We do not have the photos, they cost 60 pesos a package, but we do not have money to take them," said Alberto, a young man from El Salvador, 20 years old.

With complications, in the shelters where there are still about 250 Central Americans, they are still given food, but the space is not enough for everyone, so some have to sleep on the street.

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