MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican migration authorities stated on Monday they’d rounded up 246 migrants from round a serious bus terminal within the north of the capital metropolis, together with greater than 50 kids who’ve been positioned underneath the guardianship of social providers.
Mexico has seen a surge of individuals looking for to cross the nation en path to the U.S. border, with a document variety of migrants apprehended by U.S. authorities over the previous 12 months, many fleeing determined financial circumstances or violence of their dwelling nations.
In an announcement, Mexico’s migration company INM stated the newest group of migrants have been gathered across the bus terminal’s “benches, sidewalks, open areas and corridors.”
Hailing from Central America, Venezuela and Haiti, the migrants have been detained throughout migration checks carried out from final Friday via Sunday on the request of native authorities, based on the INM.
Whereas adults have been transferred to immigration workplaces, household teams have been put underneath the guardianship of the kids and household welfare providers.
Buses from the bustling terminal depart consistently for locations north of Mexico Metropolis, together with border cities like Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez.
Report numbers of migrants have additionally crossed the perilous Darien jungle that separates Panama from the South American continent this 12 months, with most heading to america looking for higher alternatives.
Seeking to stem arrivals at the usMexico border, america, which in mid-October resumed direct deportation flights to Venezuela, has stated it might present improvement financing for nations within the Americas which might be internet hosting migrants.
(Reporting by Sarah Morland; Modifying by David Alire Garcia and Paul Simao)
