Mexico: more than 3,000 illegal migrants from 50 nationalities identified

In Mexico, illegal immigration remains a hot topic.

This Saturday, the National Institute for Migration announced that after operations carried out by the authorities in around twenty regions, some 3,200 migrants have been identified.

Migrants mainly from South America and Central America, but also from Eastern Europe and Africa.

AP - Marco Ugarte

Text by: Romain Lemaresquier Follow

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The announcement was made on Saturday September 24 by the National Institute for Migration.

Those identified come mainly from South and Central America, but also from Eastern Europe and Africa.

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Three thousand two hundred and sixty-three migrants have been listed in twenty districts of the country.

More than a third are from Venezuela, another third from Central America.

In total, more than fifty nationalities have been counted, according to the press release published by the National Institute of Migration (INM), which mentions in particular the presence of Senegalese, Cameroonian, but also Kyrgyz, Bangladeshi, Turkish or Chinese nationals.

It is mainly in the state of Chiapas, in the south of the country and bordering Guatemala, that the majority of these migrants have been identified, around 50% according to the INM.

The Mexican State, which has multiplied operations in recent months to fight against a migratory flow that continues to increase, seeks to identify these migrants who, very often, end up in the hands of criminal networks.

#Comunicado 📄 @INAMI_mx -in coordination with federal and local autoridades- rescató in one day a 3 thousand 263 personas migrants originating from 50 countries, con está action esvitó que su vida corriera peligro a su paso de manera irregular por #México.


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– INM (@INAMI_mx) September 24, 2022

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These migrants will, for a large part of them, be sent back to their country.

Others will seek asylum in Mexico or at least try to obtain safe conduct allowing them to cross the country to try to enter the United States.

The migratory flow in Mexico, but also in the countries of Central America, despite the measures taken, does not seem to be slowing down.

This Saturday, for example, the Guatemalan authorities dispersed a caravan of migrants trying to reach Mexico.

A caravan made up of around 400 migrants from Venezuela, Haiti and Cuba.

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