Mexico warns migration will not slow without more U.S. investment in Central America
Migrants, largely Haitians, anticipate asylum processing by Mexico’s Fee for Refugee Help (COMAR) outdoors a soccer stadium, in Tapachula, Mexico October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Torres
MEXICO CITY, Oct 13 (Reuters) – America wants to speculate extra closely in Central America if it hopes to gradual document ranges of northbound migration, Mexico’s International Minister Marcelo Ebrard stated on Wednesday.
Report numbers of migrants have handed by way of Mexico this 12 months towards the USA, pushed by financial downturns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and drawn by the hope of extra welcoming immigration insurance policies below U.S. President Joe Biden.
Biden has vowed to concentrate on the underlying causes of migration in Central America by working to scale back poverty, violence and corruption.
“There must be an even bigger funding from the USA in Central America than has been given, indubitably,” Ebrard instructed a Mexican radio program when requested in regards to the prospect of Mexico appearing as a barrier for migrants.
“With out this funding, if the USA doesn’t assist Central America, it’s totally onerous to assume that the migration flows which are occurring will diminish,” Ebrard added.
Biden famous in a current letter to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that the USA supplied greater than $600 million in international help over the previous 12 months to the Northern Triangle nations of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
The letter added that Biden has requested one other $861 million from U.S. Congress for the 2022 fiscal 12 months to additionally allocate to Central America.
Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon; Modifying by Karishma Singh
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