Migrants stranded in northern Mexico will seek asylum from the Government of Canada

The families of Latin Americans who were stranded on the northern border of Mexico now they will ask the Government of Canada to give them asylum.

This, after the extension that the United States applied to the “Title 42″ that affected migrants who settled in a camp in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and who have already begun to prepare a census to register applicants for this application.

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Faced with the mistreatment that they argue by the North American nation, which has confined them to unease over its policies, originating from various countries, mainly Venezuelans, they have set their sights on the “canadian dream”.

A group of migrants remain in a makeshift camp next to the Rio Grande and are recorded in a census on December 29, 2022, in the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico. (Photo by EFE/ Abraham Pineda Jácome) (Abraham Pineda Jácome/)

“Not all of us want to go to the United States, and since they do not open their doors to us to get where we want to go, we are seeing ourselves in the obligation to call on the Government of Canada to please help us.”, the Venezuelan, Mary Carmen Garza, told EFE.

The humanitarian crisis that around 7,000 applicants are going through when they live on the banks of the Rio Grande, which separates the Mexican and United States territory, and where they lack basic services, is a factor that has exceeded patience and caused them to seek other options for these migrants.

Census in process

Inside the settlement where the migrants live, a notebook began to be passed where those interested in entering the North American country are listed, as part of the actions to seek contact with the Canadian Government, which will also be given a letter to formalize the petition.

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“Since the United States, with ‘Title 42’, only has vetoed Venezuelans, we look for Canada as a second option, which they can give us as a humanitarian stop or on political asylum, anything they can pronounce”, argued the Venezuelan Junior Romero.

A group of migrants remain in a makeshift camp next to the Rio Grande and are recorded in a census on December 29, 2022, in the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico. (Photo by EFE/ Abraham Pineda Jácome) (Abraham Pineda Jácome/)

The group, which has conceived the idea and which is still small compared to the number of people waiting to cross into the US, is aware that that nation requires manpower and once it opens its doors the flow will be redirected.

“Some agent from the Canadian embassy to come to give us information and instruct us on how we can go through the process to get there, I know that many people are going to leave”, expressed the Venezuelan Yoalvin Chacin.

In recent days, families and individuals have crossed the Rio Grande on inflatable mattresses to put pressure on the Government of Joe Bidenbut they have not been successful because they are returned by the Matamoros border.

A group of migrants camps along the Rio Grande on December 28, 2022, in the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico. (Photo by Abraham Pineda Jácome /EFE) (Abraham Pineda Jácome/)

Central Americans sign up

The Central American community and displaced Mexicans, which is small compared to the Venezuelans who are now the majority, have also joined this movement as a result of despair at the lack of progress.

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“We would like to be taken into account by any country that could help us as well. We feel powerless to see so much suffering of so many nationalities, we don’t have an answer from anyone”, mentioned the Honduran Corina del Carmen Amador.

At present, it has only been seen, at that point where thousands of migrants are crowded, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) trying to support, but the demand exceeds any effort, including activists.

Source: Elcomercio