Mexico intercepted 15,907 Cuban migrants on its territory between January 1 and April 13 this year, Sunday reported National Institute of Migration (INM) as part of a larger report.
In all, about 115,379 foreign migrants have been counted by Mexican authorities during their entry and transit through that country, including 17,649 minors, INM reports.
The number reflects the increasing influx of migrants crossing that country to the southern border of the United States, where 1.7 million undocumented immigrants were spotted in fiscal year 2021, which ended last September, according to statistics from the Department of Customs and Border Protection ( CBP).
A total of 210,000 migrants were intercepted at the southern border in March alone, according to a court document released on Friday, citing a report by the Voice of America. Of these, 32,000 were Cubans, as has been reported in recent days The Washington Post.
CBP has not yet released figures for March. until February of this year16,550 Cubans arrived at the southern border.
A Cuban woman and her daughter line up at the southern border to be taken by border police to Yuma, Arizona, on February 6, 2022 in hopes of staying in the United States and seeking asylum.
The CBP estimates that by the end of October this year, 155,000 Cubans will have arrived on American territory, a migratory wave that will surpass that of Mariel in 1980, when about 125,000 Cubans arrived via the sea bridge connecting the two countries, the noted post fixed.
Cuban “riot” and migrant march neutralized
Nearly 100 Cuban migrants protested at the Acayucan Migration Station south of Veracruz on Saturday to demand their release after days of detention there, digital media reported. the broken chair.
Amid the unrest, the National Guard had to go to the center to control the situation, the report adds.
The Cubans, whose aim is to continue their journey until they reach the United States, affirm that they have a permit that allows them to travel freely through Mexico. The authorities promised to give them information about their residence status.
Meanwhile, for the third time this year, a group of about 800 migrants – most of them Venezuelans, but also Cubans and Central Americans – made a march in the city of Tapachula towards the United States on Saturday, which was intercepted by the US authorities a few kilometers removed, the AP agency reported.
On the same day, the migrants were transferred to a community 40 kilometers north of Tapachula, where they were due to process their immigration permits on Monday. “They will receive support to legalize them,” he assured Hugo Cuéllar, representative of the INM.
According to an existing migration agreement between Cuba and Mexico, Cubans intercepted in that country are deported.
Last Wednesday, a group of 37 irregular migrants were returned to the island. So far in 2022, 14 flight operations will be carried out from Mexico, with around 900 Cubans being deported, the state press reported last week.
Overall, Mexico deported more than 114,000 foreigners in 2021, according to the Migration Policy Division of the country’s Interior Ministry.