MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and Venezuela introduced Saturday that they’ve restarted repatriation flights of Venezuelans migrants in Mexico, the newest transfer by nations within the area to tackle a flood of individuals touring north to the US.
The transfer comes as authorities say at the very least 10,000 migrants a day have been arriving on the U.S.-Mexico border, lots of them asylum seekers. It additionally comes as a migrant caravan of 1000’s of individuals from throughout the area — largely Venezuelans — has trekked by southern Mexico this week.
The repatriation flights are a part of an settlement made between regional leaders throughout a summit in Mexico in October that aimed to hunt options for migration ranges that present few indicators of slowing down.
Mexico’s Ministry of International Relations stated the 2 nations started repatriations with a flight on Friday and a second on Saturday in an effort to “strengthen their cooperation on migration points.” The assertion additionally stated the 2 nations plan to implement social and work applications for these repatriated to Venezuela.
“Mexico and Venezuela reiterate their dedication to handle the structural causes that gasoline irregular migration within the area, and to realize a humanitarian administration of such flows,” the assertion learn.
Mexico’s authorities stated it beforehand carried out the same repatriation flight final Jan. 20 with 110 individuals.
As migration has soared lately, the U.S. authorities has pressured Latin American nations to manage the motion of migrants north, however many transit nations have struggled to cope with the portions of individuals.
This week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and different Biden administration officers had been in Mexico Metropolis to satisfy with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in regards to the excessive ranges of migrants touchdown on the U.S.-Mexico border.
López Obrador stated he additionally spoke in regards to the subject in a cellphone name with Presient Joe Biden on Dec. 20.
“He requested — Joe Biden requested to talk with me — he was anxious in regards to the scenario on the border due to the unprecedented variety of migrants arriving on the border,” Mexico’s chief stated. “He known as me, saying we needed to search for an answer collectively.”
López Obrador has stated he’s keen to assist, however in change he needs the U.S. to ship extra improvement assist to migrants’ residence nations and to scale back or eradicate sanctions in opposition to Cuba and Venezuela.
Mexico’s president and different critics of American overseas coverage have cited the sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela as one of many root causes of excessive migration.