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The new wave of migration reached Mexico Citywhere hundreds of foreigners have settled in shelters and even in street camps while awaiting their attempt to cross to U.S.
At the Giordano Bruno Squarein the center Juárez neighborhoodMigrant families sleep or spend some time there waiting for an appointment with the Mexican authorities for their migration regularization.
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Migrants, mainly from Haiti It is Central AmericaThey hang their clothes on fences and cook and heat their drinks on charcoal grills.
Others have already placed tarps and used pieces of wood to set up a camp, where at least 100 people pass by and eat in that place located between the street Pomegranate It is Milan.
Among them is the Haitian Claudeau, who arrived in the capital of Mexico two weeks ago in the last wave of migration, but he has been on the pilgrimage for more than two and a half months, accompanied by his wife and two children, both under three years old.
He told EFE that he did not receive help from any authority, but they found a place to sleep, although he mentioned that they can only stay for a certain time and then they are left on the street without food or drink.
Claudeau regretted that they will have to wait long consultations, as he will be received by Mexican Refugee Aid Commission (Eat) in a month, on October 24th, as the expenses don’t stop and he still has to pay to go to the bathroom.
“It is very, very difficult, but we have no other way (…) we are looking for a door that is more open to children“, he said.
A new wave of migration
Mexico lives new wave of migrationas demonstrated last week by the suspension of 60 company freight trains Ferromex due to the presence of more than 4,000 migrants in cars and on the roads, demonstrations and stampedes of thousands of migrants at refugee assistance offices on the southern border.
Although the situation is generally limited to borders, now in Mexico City There are stranded migrants like Paul, who also comes from Haiti and has an appointment at the Eat next October 24th.
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Like Claudeau, he will wait on the streets until he can get a permit to enter the country or an appointment through the US Customs and Border Protection app. CBP One.
Accompanied by a family of six who prepare fish, he points out that the delay in scheduling appointments in both countries is increasing.
The drama of immigration in Mexico
Another family is Percida Romerotraveling with seven adults and four minors Honduras.
Romero considered “unfortunate” that there is no help anywhere and that they are denied access to transportation to travel across Mexico.
He mentioned that they paid up to 1,000 pesos per person (almost US$57.5) for bus tickets and that on one occasion immigration authorities detained them just for traveling.
“The truth is that these roads are very difficult. More than anything, the one who makes the migrant suffer is the migrant (immigration authorities)” he added.
He said they only eat one meal a day while caring for a sick girl who went to the emergency room of a hospital in the capital.
“We will stay in Cuauhtémoc migrant houseThere they give us food and that’s how we are here, we don’t want to continue taking risks because the laws are clear, that we are waiting for the consultation and that is the mission, to wait for the consultation“, said.
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He highlighted that they witnessed nearby cases that received help, as well as violence due to robberies and abuses of authority.
According to International Organization for Migration (IOM), insecurity, violence and socioeconomic conditions are the main factors that influence thousands of migrants who leave their countries to cross Mexico and try to reach the United States.
He also highlighted that the variety of nationalities of migrants crossing the country is increasing as more people leave their countries after the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19which caused a new wave of migration in the region.
Source: Elcomercio
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