Mexico feels the strain as Haitian migrants, caught in limbo, mark time
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Asylum claims by Haitians in Mexico are on track to hit a record above 50,000 this year, a top official said, further pressuring the country’s already strained migrant services as many begin to contemplate a future there rather than in the United States. In the year’s first three months, 13,631 applied for […]
Mexico seeks to curb ‘abuse’ of asylum system by migrants who do not plan to stay
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexico’s overwhelmed asylum agency is strengthening efforts to weed out high numbers of applicants who “abuse” the system while passing through Mexico to reach the United States, Mexico’s top asylum official said on Monday. Mexico has the world’s third highest number of asylum applications after the United States and Germany, reflecting growing […]
“We are not criminals”: migrants protest in southern Mexico
Tapachula, MexicoReuters Hundreds of migrants stuck in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Wednesday protested against the country’s immigration policies that have frustrated their efforts to travel to the United States. Many of the Central and Latin American migrants, including a large Haitian contingent, have been stuck for months in the city of Tapachula […]