Tapachula. – The National Migration Institute (INM) yesterday suspended personal assistance to more than a thousand migrants who came to process the visa for humanitarian reasons because they did not respect the protocols for the coronavirus, although many of them have been working for weeks and they have even been on the The unit’s sidewalk must sleep to save a place
Yesterday at 7:25 am, INM personnel ordered over a thousand migrants from Cuba, Africa and Central America through a loudspeaker to stay organized and behind the gates, so that in groups of 10, they could do it based on nationality. Enter the immigration regularization office to obtain the green card.
The disorder started when some migrants tried to enter by force without queuing.
“Keep order, we can’t serve anyone this way,” the immigration officer insisted as they pressured each other to try to enter by force, while being stopped by members of the National Guard (GN) with riot shields.
“Order yourself, we’re going through nationality, the first disorder you make, we’re going to suspend attention,” the officer threatened over the speaker.
Half an hour later, faced with the agglomeration and disorder of foreigners from Cuba, Africa and Central America, the INM’s immigration regularization office decided yesterday to cancel the immigration procedures and announced that they will be attended by electronic mail from next Monday. agreements that They will be performed on the official website of that institution to avoid contamination.
“Today the care for you has been suspended, we have limited space within the facilities; let’s not forget that we are in a pandemic period and that we cannot be busy in the offices, ”explained the INM official.
“From Monday they can make electronic appointments on the website, they don’t need to come; We are going to place the information outside the office, on the gate, where they can check and make their appointments so that they do not have to come every day and this accumulation is not over, ”said the official.
This announcement caused disagreement among the migrants, who explained that the majority of Cubans and Central Americans slept on the sidewalks near the dependency for nearly a month, while the migrants from Haiti on a special day and until late morning are being treated. night, the Caribbeans blame.
“It’s not fair that migration does this to us. We slept on the sidewalks for several nights and set our place aside and now they are telling us they will not take care of us, ”the islanders said in exasperation.
They explained that since the beginning of December, about 2,000 foreigners have gathered near the immigration regularization office to process the visa for humanitarian reasons and only serve about 20 people a day.
They accused the INM staff of charging $ 1,000 to $ 1,500 to process the visa for humanitarian reasons without waiting in line or waiting that long.
“Only about 23 Cubans pass the line and they say the office is already saturated, but what they do is they put the people who pay from behind,” they say.
The migrants warned that they will remain near that immigration headquarters indefinitely until the authorities assist them according to the order of the line.