Edwin Omar Molino, a 17-year-old from Cortez, said he left Honduras because he couldn’t find a job and blamed President Juan Orlando Hernandez for bringing the country to the ground.
“Even when you need a job, there isn’t. That’s why we’re leaving our country,” Mill said.
“There’s a pandemic and I’m afraid,” he added. But he said he wouldn’t help his circle of relatives progress without taking the risk.
Central American migrants have begun to form giant teams in recent years, seeking security in numbers and, in some cases, avoiding the accusation of smugglers. Calls for a new migrant caravan to leave on October 1 have been circulating on social media for weeks.
The chances of a giant caravan of migrants reaching the already weak US border have become increasingly slim over the following year. Under pressure from the United States, Mexico deployed its national guard and more immigration officials to dismantle the caravans attempted last year. teams of migrants looking in combination in southern Mexico. In fact, legally crossing the United States is virtually less likely now with the pandemic, and entering illegally is more complicated than ever.
The departure of the new organization is reminiscent of a caravan of migrants that shaped two years before the mid-term elections in the United States and has become a hot topic in the campaign, fueling anti-immigrant rhetoric. really make up only a small fraction of the daily migration of small teams that go unnoticed by Central America and Mexico.
The one who arrived at the Guatemalan border on Thursday had left San Pedro Sula on foot last night, jumping the gun on his own planned departure.
The Guatemalan immigration government said Thursday that more than 500 were being prosecuted in Corinth, but at most did not have the required identity documents, the government planned to sign those entering the country and offer voluntary assistance for the return to those they wanted. Roll back the clock. AP hounds saw others illegally crossing the border near the official crossing. A regional agreement allows Honduran citizens to transit through Guatemala.
The Guatemalan government required migrants to submit documents with a negative COVID-19 check; last week they said they wouldn’t want a check for those who spend less than 72 hours in the country. Dozens of Guatemalan police and infantry maintained order.
Those who walked Wednesday night through the dark streets away from the bus station of San Pedro Sula wore small backpacks and many were dressed in masks, most gave the impression of being young men, rarely were small boys in strollers.
Governments in the region said they were watching on Wednesday. Mexico’s immigration firm said in a statement that it would enforce “safe, orderly and legal” migration and that it would do nothing to announce the formation of a caravan. Twitter said migration to the United States was more complicated than ever at the moment, and more damaging due to coronavirus.
But the points that drove migrants out of Central America did not in fact diminish the pandemic: while economies have suffered, fewer and fewer jobs are available, and families’ struggle to put food on the table has only worsened. cited the even higher crime rate.
The UN International Labour Organization said Wednesday that at least 34 million jobs have been lost in Latin America as a result of the pandemic. The ILO ranks Latin America and the Caribbean as the most affected region in the world in terms of lost working hours. 20. 9% in the first 3 quarters of the year.
The flow of American migrants from Central America significantly slowed the pandemic as countries in the region closed their borders Most migrant shelters along major roads closed their doors to newcomers as they tried to prevent the virus from spreading to vulnerable populations. and the United States has returned many migrants to their home countries in an attempt to empty detention facilities.
The U. S. government closes the asylum formula well on its southern border of the pandemic.
Mexico has attempted to send stranded asylum seekers on its northern border to other parts of the country and return them to their countries of origin. Mexico has sometimes presented migrants with the opportunity to apply for asylum there, but many are hunting the United States. Immigrants are likely to find it more difficult to locate paintings in Mexico now, as the economy is expected to contract by 10% this year due to the impact of the pandemic.
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Pérez D. brought from Guatemala City. Associated Press Christopher Sherman of Mexico City contributed to the report.
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