AZMEX I3 24 JAN 2019
More than 9,000 migrants arrive in Mexico
Fabiola Martínez
https://www.jornada.com.mx/sin-fronteras/2019/01/23/mas-de-9-mil-migrantes-llegan-a-mexico-6581.html
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Mexico City, January 23, 2019. - The initiative to assist and register all migrants on the southern border is successful and will continue, because it is part of the new policy of the Mexican government, said the commissioner of the National Institute of Migration. (INM), Tonatiuh Guillén.
I understand that for Donald Trump it is not his ideal scenario and that he prefers another vision, but this is a sovereign decision of Mexico, and we hope that it also has an impact in limiting human trafficking, he told La Jornada.
In six days, the INM has registered the entry of 9 thousand 97 foreigners, to whom it is possible to give visitors cards for humanitarian reasons. This amount equals the cards that were delivered throughout 2017; in 2018 (January-November) the account reached 13 thousand 129.
For now, until yesterday the institute had delivered 558 cards, of almost 10 thousand applications received.
Although foreigners must wait three or four days to receive an answer, the document allows them to move freely in national territory and even enter and leave.
The migration law and its regulations establish that this card can be given to victims of crime, unaccompanied minors, asylum seekers or refuge or when there is a humanitarian or public interest cause that makes it necessary to enter or regulate in the country.
The commissioner, who is in Chiapas to supervise the registration, said the program has been very successful and is an act of congruence of what we want for our own migration. The plan launched last Thursday does not have an expiration date, he added.
According to the information cut yesterday afternoon, it had been recorded - since last Thursday - 7,450 adults and 1,647 children and adolescents. People born in Honduras predominate, with more than half.
In these six days seven Haitians, four Brazilians and two Cubans were also registered.
In 2018 (January-November) the number of migrants presented to the authority increased 45 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.
"What we have now in the INM," said the commissioner, "is a spirit of renewal."
-What is the plan of the people who are entering Mexico through the southern border?
-The objective on our part is that your income is regular, that everyone has an appropriate legal status and that you value Mexico as an alternative labor option. One of the projects of the new migration policy is to formalize the conditions for a shared development between Mexico and Central America.
- And security?
-That is just one of the virtues of this program, because for the first time we will know who crosses to Mexico, of which person it is and, evidently, we will be able to identify those who have a judicial problem in Mexico or in another country .
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Half of Central Americans who arrived at the border in 2018 still insist on crossing
Ana Langner
https://www.jornada.com.mx/sin-fronteras/2019/01/23/mitad-de-centroamericanos-que-arribo-a-la-frontera-in-2018-aun-insiste-en-cruzar- 4281.html
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Mexico City, January 23. - More than half of the Central American migrants who arrived in the caravans of 2018 and remain in Tijuana, Baja California, are still looking for alternatives to enter the United States, according to data from a survey conducted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The investigation, carried out in December 2018, details that of the nearly 2 thousand people in a situation of mobility who remained on the northern border of Mexico, 68 percent still sought to cross the northern neighbor; 22 percent are looking for work in our country and 4 percent want to return to their nation of origin.
Likewise, 4 percent considered the option of applying for asylum in Mexico, the United States or a European country. This is because their motives for migration are related to some type of violence or persecution suffered in the country of origin.
The IOM survey was applied on December 20 and 21, 2018, at the El Barretal hostel and the Benito Juárez sports center, located in Tijuana, Baja California.
The United Nations agency for migration established these points to conduct the survey due to the confluence of migrants who were part of the caravans that crossed the country in the months of October and November of last year.
Most of the people surveyed were men (82 percent), in the range of 19 to 45 years. The majority declared Honduras (72 percent) as a country of nationality, followed by El Salvador (16), Guatemala (10) and, in smaller numbers, migrants from Nicaragua (2 percent).
In relation to the reasons for leaving their place of origin, the violence experienced in their countries (47 percent) and the lack of socio-economic opportunities (45) were placed as the first reasons. Only 2 percent indicated that they are traveling with the objective of reuniting with their relatives in the destination country.
Of this group, 83 percent reported having a paid job before leaving. Of these, 28 percent were dedicated to the agricultural sector and 15 percent to the industrial sector; 14 percent worked in construction, 11 in commerce, 10 in domestic work, 4 in tourism and 4 percent in public service.
According to the Displacement Monitoring Matrix applied by the migration organization, 76 percent of the respondents said they had had some health complications recently or during their trip. Of these, 66 percent were due to respiratory diseases, 6 due to digestive problems, 3 due to superficial cures and less than 1 percent due to psychological illnesses.
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Don't forget:
Luis Videgaray: Mexico decides who enters our country
Detalles Publicado el Viernes 10 de marzo de 2017
Http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=87134
"the decisions of who enters Mexico, are made by Mexico and only Mexico"
Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Foreign Minister
10 March, 2017
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