The Mexican government considered this Friday “positive” and “on the right track” the plan that it announced USA to stem the growing flow of migrants from Venezuela that contemplates the immediate deportation of Venezuelans to Mexico.
The Mexican foreign minister Marcelo Ebrardhighlighted in the daily government conference the 24,000 humanitarian permits that the US will grant to Venezuelans arriving by air, although it will expel to Mexico those who arrive through the land border.
Obviously we see it with sympathy and we believe that it is correct and correct, and that there are permits, it is a status of a humanitarian nature now for Venezuelans, but they have already told us that they will consider other nationalities later, we see it as positive, “said the official. .
The Foreign Secretary referred to the announcement by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday, when he reported the creation of a program for Venezuelans similar to the one that already exists for citizens of Ukraine.
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But in parallel, the US will return to Mexico, with the consent of the Mexican Government, the majority of Venezuelans intercepted at the common border under Title 42, public health regulations from the era of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) .
Foreign Minister Ebrard revealed that Mexico proposed to the US a regular route to prevent Venezuelans from transiting from South America to the United States and through Mexican territory.
It is a journey. We propose to the United States that if there is a regular way to do this, in the first place we are going to avoid people all the risk and everything that these movements imply, and on the other hand favor the regular way, instead of favoring the irregular roads”, he argued.
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Migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela accounted for more than 55,000 of the undocumented found at the US-Mexico border in August, an annual increase of 175%.
In Mexico, there are more than 77,000 Venezuelans with residence and just under 78,000 with a migration permit for humanitarian reasonsaccording to data from January to October, according to the Secretary of Foreign Relations.
In recent months we have been observing a growing flow of that nationality, but also of Colombians and also from other countries, to Brazil, Ecuador, and so it seems to us that it is very interesting that the United States has opened this possibility (of humanitarian permits) ” Ebrard added.
The Mexican government has faced criticism for its treatment of migrants, for accessing US immigration policies and for the deployment of almost 30,000 elements of the Armed Forces at the borders.
But Ebrard asserted that “Mexico has one of the most open refugee and support policies in the world.”
Consistent with our tradition, that is, if someone asks us for refuge, it is granted,” he said.
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