Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
He Consulate of Mexico in San Pedro Sula Yesterday, a statement issued warning Hondurans who plan to travel to the United States in caravans that the Aztec country will act in accordance with immigration laws.
For example, they respond to the circular announcement of the departure of the first migrant caravan for the next January 15th.
“The government of Mexico will continue to act responsibly, in accordance with immigration laws and the health measures taken to combat the Covid-19 pandemic,” the document says.
Mexico assures that it does not promote or permit the illegal entry of migrant caravans into its territory. “Mexico promotes that migration is safe, orderly and regular based on the principle of shared international responsibility ”.
These migration movements explain that they are irregular movements of people posing great risks and that in a situation like the present one, marked by the covid pandemic, plus the possibility of falling victim to organized crime and insecurity, they indicate that migrants they may suffer more along the way.
“The government of Mexico requires that migrants attempting to enter Mexico do so regularly, in full respect of immigration regulations and established health protocols” the statement refers.
The asylum agreement
Less than a month after the end of President Donald Trump’s term, the agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America, were signed and entered into force, allowing for the return of migrants to those countries. was created. who cross their territories to reach United States and apply for asylum.
This agreement is similar to Migrant Protection Memorandum (MPP), a program initiated by the Trump administration in 2019 that sent tens of thousands of people who arrived at the southern border of the United States to seek asylum back to Mexico. “Honduras guarantees, on the basis of international and national regulations, the right to asylum for migrants traveling through Honduras territory, as long as they meet the requirements. Now Honduras will enforce the agreement,” said Lisandro Rosales, Honduran foreign minister.
This agreement will make it possible to send certain eligible migrants seeking humanitarian protection to each of the countries and will prevent them from waiting long at the borders.