Their prospects dim, Haitian migrants strain Mexico’s asylum system
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexico could see asylum applications jump 70 per cent this year compared with 2019 as requests from Haitians soar, though most of those Caribbean migrants do not meet the criteria under current rules, according to Mexico’s top asylum official. Haiti is currently the second-most common country of origin for asylum requests in […]
Mexico sends 70 Haitian migrants back home by plane
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexico’s government sent 70 Haitian migrants back to Haiti on Wednesday in what it described as a “voluntary return” flight, days after the United States cleared thousands of Haitian migrants from a camp at the Mexican border in Del Rio, Texas. Mexico’s interior and foreign ministries said in a joint statement that […]
US border camp cleared of Haitians, thousands more on the move
Del Rio, Texas, USReuters An impromptu border camp that roiled the US Government was cleared of thousands of Haitian migrants by Friday, with most remaining in the United States for now and others expelled on deportation flights or returned to Mexico. Reuters witnesses said the jumble of makeshift shelters and tents had all but disappeared from […]