Mexico prepares decree to regularize Haitian migrants: Comar

The government of Mexico is preparing a decree to regularize the immigration status of people of Haitian origin in the country and who are irregularly in some part of the republic. This was announced by the general coordinator of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid (Comar), Andrés Alfonso Ramírez Silva, who reported on Tuesday that the government headed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador is about to issue a decree to regularize migrants of that nationality. The official explained that, although there is still no established date for the decree to be endorsed, as reported by the Undersecretary of the Interior, Alejandro Encinas, during his participation in the signing of the protocol with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and authorities of the government of Baja California. Yesterday we had a meeting where Undersecretary Alejandro Encinas clearly said that soon there will be a decree in which these migratory alternatives are established, so that not all Haitians come to Comar and there is a situation of collapse, “he explained. Regarding Haitians, he said that it is a group of migrants that has grown more than any other this year, since it is estimated that in Mexico there are at least 45,000 without counting Brazilians and Chileans who are of Haitian roots, since in that case it would be talking about 52,000 asylum applications. Read more: Increase in refugee applications from Haitians in Mexico puts Comar on the verge of collapseExplicóned that Haitians are in a different situation, so they cannot be granted refugee status, since they do not meet the basic requirements, as they are fleeing their country of origin for economic reasons and not for security reasons or political persecution. Elon Musk’s son appears in virtual conference and takes all the attention.

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