AZMEX I3 24 APR 2018
Migrants mobilize at the border
Mobilizes the arrival of migrants to the border Photo: lagarcia
By: Nicolle De León | 04/24/2018 7:06
http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/24042018/1332918-Moviliza-llegada-de-migrantes-a-la-frontera.html
MEXICALI, Baja California (GH)
The caravan, made up of Central American migrants, mobilized the authorities and civil associations to receive them on Tuesday, April 24, with shelter, food and health services. The head of the Directorate of Migration of the General Secretariat of Government (SGG), explained that the caravan of migrants will arrive on Tuesday morning, will be received in three shelters with food and shelter.
This caravan of migrants who left Tapachula a month ago has been walking slowly through the Mexican Republic, unlike in previous years as it was more numerous with many children and women, commented Gustavo Magallanes Cortés.
He said that this complicates mobility, the means of transportation and its speed, come to demonstrate and seek asylum in the United States, demanding respect for their human rights, in order to have a better quality of life. "The caravan is already in Hermosillo, there are about 750 people, they marched through the streets of Hermosillo, they are likely to leave for Mexicali, some by train and others by trucks," explained Magallanes.
He estimated that today they will arrive in Mexicali, they will spend the night in the shelters of the city to continue their trip to Tijuana, where they will request asylum in the migration area of the foreign country. (USA) "We are committed to following up on the departure of the caravan, to monitor and ensure that their safety and integrity, as well as their human rights, are protected, as well as to support them in the humanitarian aspect," said the director of migration.
There will be three shelters that will be authorized to receive them, although all the associations that serve migrants are willing to give them space, give them food and health brigades. To establish the protocol of action, they held three follow-up meetings for the caravan, where the three levels of government, civil associations that have shelters, national and state human rights, reported.
"They want to be very little time in Mexicali, they want to arrive and leave, but they have to stay because the train arrives here, it is very likely that they will rest here, and then look for how to get to Tijuana," he said. The authorized shelters will be the Hotel of the Migrant of Sergio Tamai, the Alpha and Omega shelter of Tomás Diosdado and Covina Posada del Migrante of Altagracia Tamayo, chose those three because they are the closest to each other, being this a request of the migrants that come in families
Magallanes clarified that they do not believe that the 750 people arrived because they were informed that many will go down in the desert, trying to cross through Sonora, those who arrive will be distributed in those shelters.
FUMIGAN HOSTELS
The vector group of the Institute of Health Services fumigated all the shelters for migrants, in order to prevent them from catching diseases such as Zika, Dengue, Chicungunya and Rickettsia. The director accepted that he does not know how much will be allocated to the migration contingency, noting that an effort is being made to provide them with food, health and safety services.
"Health caravans will ignore what was scheduled to address this contingency, this migratory situation, and both the municipal and state areas will have elements of Public Security to safeguard their integrity and security," he said. "This resource is not free, and it is not because they are going to be charged, but it is difficult to move a medical brigade to serve in a cost, and even with security programs and resources for food," he added.
Detect pregnancies and risk groups in caravan
The health authorities of the Government of Guadalajara provided information regarding the health conditions in which the migrant caravan comes, highlighting pregnancies and risk groups. These are two pregnancies and 37 people who are part of the groups at greatest risk, that is, they are susceptible to suffering from a disease for being less than five years old or older than 60 years.
Authorities of the Ministry of Health, informed the Directorate of Migration that they are well within the normal range, presenting common diseases of the season. Among the ailments, they stated that some of them had catarrhs, rashes, skin and stomach infections, all of them were treated in the Guadalajara hospitals, so there is no risk of their migration.
"They are acute respiratory infections and diarrheal infections, they all received treatment in Guadalajara, in addition to two pregnant women who considered very important in terms of health," said the director of migration, Gustavo Magallanes Cortés.
The two pregnant women are of relevance to the Health Sector, so they will try to locate them as soon as possible at the time of their arrival in Mexicali, to review them and provide prenatal care.
Among the 615 migrants there are six children under one year old; from 1 to 4 years old three are 28; from 5 to 14 years old, there are 62; from 15 to 24 years old, there are 225; from 25 to 44 years old, they are 275; from 45 to 64 years old, there are 18; of 65 years and more is one, declared Magellan.
Risk groups are 34 under five and three over 60. There are 188 women and approximately 96 minors. He said that on the way the caravan was divided into five groups and have traveled different routes, so the number can change.
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