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Venezuelan and Ecuadorian migrants who arrived at the southern border of Mexico asked the Mexican government to I deport them to their country of origin, or as close as possible to Colombia, following the surprise of the new restrictions of the United States.
On Wednesday, October 12, the United States announced new measures to control Venezuelan migration: a program that gives legal status for two years to those who arrive by plane and immediately expels those who cross the border through Mexico. In less than 24 hours, two caravans of Venezuelans left following the announcement by the US Department of Homeland Security.
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In this sense, a group of Venezuelan migrants asked for the support of the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, so that help them return to Venezuela or Colombia, since the United States is not accepting them due to its recent immigration policies.
This was explained by Edgar Alexander Tapaul, a migrant from Venezuela, who was desperate in a plaza in Tapachula. “We are seeing what is the possibility that they send us on a flight to Colombia, which is the closest to Venezuela, because we really are in need because there is no food, water and money,” Tapaul said.
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For his part, Alex Sebastián Pila, a migrant from Ecuador, who is traveling with a group of regarding 20 nationals, arrived in Tapachula in the last few hours, but was left without money, food and a place to sleep. That’s why now implores the help of the Mexican authorities for his deportation due to the new migratory measures adopted between Mexico and the United States.
“Things have gotten complicated and I want to know if there is a possibility that they will deport us to Ecuador to return to our country. If here in Mexico they can help us with an asylum to get my papers or they returned me to my country, because the situation was very complicated and the borders were closed to us, “said Pila.
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His compatriots told that they are a group of more than 100 Ecuadorians who want to return to your country. “We are going to ask immigration to return us, because we are men, children, women and older adults,” said one of them. These migrants refused to walk out in a caravan because they say it is dangerous and they prioritize their health and well-being.
they will keep trying
In the early hours of Saturday, October 15, the second migrant caravan, mostly Venezuelans, which brought together people from Ecuador, Colombia, Cuba and, to a lesser extent, from Central America, who reiterated that they are going to try as many times as are necessary to enter the United States.
Jesús David Pinela, a migrant from Venezuela who joined this second caravan and was walking on the coastal highway in Tapachula, trusts that the Governments of the United States and Mexico reach an agreement to be allowed to enter legally. He hopes there will be no “conflicts or anything.”
“We are going to face all the risks, obstacles and possibilities in order to reach our destination, which is the United States, and receive us. For this reason, we will continue trying as many times as they return to us. We will continue, because the goal is to reach the United States,” Pinela said.
This second caravan came out amid strong rumors, spread among the migrants themselves, that the Joe Biden government had granted a 90-day extension so that Venezuelans might enter the United States. However, the Acting Undersecretary for Border and Immigration Policy of the United States Department of Homeland Security, Blas Núñez-Neto, clarified that these rumors are not true.
“Our message to Venezuelans who are on the road or who are thinking of coming is very simple. If they cross our borders illegally or if they enter Mexico and Panama illegally, they will not be admitted to the United States. They should stay where they are and submit their application for this new process online, which offers them a safest way to come to the United States. They will be able to apply for a work permit immediately and will be able to stay for two years,” the official said.
With information from EFE
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