2023-10-23 01:44:19
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has called the United States-Mexico border “the deadliest land migration route in the world.” The IOM has recorded “686 deaths and disappearances of migrants in 2022”. Migrants pay huge sums to smugglers possibly linked to drug trafficking.
To read: In Mexico, 11 police officers are found guilty of killing 17 migrants at the US border
Request to expand “regular, orderly and safe ways”
Requested repeatedly, the Palenque declaration called for the lifting of “unilateral coercive measures imposed on countries in the region”, a reference to the American blockade against Cuba.
“Destination countries” were also asked to expand “regular, orderly and safe (migration) pathways”, with emphasis on worker mobility, in this joint statement read by the Mexican Minister of Affairs foreigners, Alicia Barcena.
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The participants also asked to support Haiti in its efforts to restore security “for the normalization of the political, economic and social situation.”
Countries of departure, transit and destination must put in place migration policies that respect the “human right to migrate”, with “options for permanent regularization”.
A rally against the summit
In September alone, 60,000 Venezuelans and 35,000 Guatemalans entered Mexico, according to official sources.
Migration is “a humanitarian issue on which we must work united,” the Mexican president said on X (ex-Twitter).
The Palenque summit wants to analyze “the causes of human mobility, such as poverty, inequality, lack of jobs,” declared Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena.
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