AZMEX POLICY 21-6-19

AZMEX POLICY 21 JUN 2019


The deployment of the National Guard on the southern border concluded: Ebrard
Fabiola Martínez |
Friday, 21 Jun 2019 07:38

https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/2019/06/21/concluyo-despliegue-de-guardia-nacional-en-la-frontera-sur-ebrard-4327.html

Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard during the morning conference at the National Palace. Photo José Antonio López

Mexico City. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard, said that Mexico will allocate 100 million dollars
for development in Central America.

During the morning conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the National Palace,
the foreign minister recalled that the special program has five areas.

In this regard, he reported that the deployment of the National Guard is already finished, as had been anticipated.

The National Institute of Migration (INM) said that it has already completed 650 facilities for the regulatory function.

The third area has to do with the support to the communities in the north of the country where the asylum seekers
sent from the United States are waiting for a response to their processes.
They are received by three points and up to now they are 14 thousand, from January 29 to June 20.

The fourth issue is related to development in the south of the country.

The President ordered that the program be extended.

In the fifth area, Ebrard mentioned, he met with the Secretary General of the United Nations
for his support of the plan for the southern border of Mexico,
especially for economic development and child care.

UNICEF will support the installation and operation of the schools.
"There are 17 UN agencies that are participating in the plan for southern Mexico and Central America," he said.

Regarding this region, he indicated that 100 million dollars will be invested for the development plan.

What we want to demonstrate, he said, is that these actions, such as Sowing Life, ( Sembrando vida )
can give results in the short term, particularly to tackle the effects of climate change.

Next week, Mexico will be providing resources and will become the main driver of cooperation projects
for development in the area to generate life opportunities, with the support of the United Nations.

He specified that the resources of the Yucatan Fund are included in the Federal Expenditure Budget
for the development of Central America.

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