Around 5,000 migrants, including an unspecified number of Cubans, They protested this Monday at Mexico’s southern border, the agency EFE reported.
The foreigner invaded the government offices of the Mexican Refugee Assistance Commission (COMAR). in Tapachula, Chiapas State.
The migrants have been gathering since the weekend, so They formed a long line and completely blocked a street on the outskirts of COMAR. They were all tired of waiting for the Mexican authorities to respond to their asylum requests.
The migrants are mainly Haitians, Venezuelans, Cubans, Peruvians, Panamanians and other Central American countries.
Yanela, a migrant from Cuba, denounces that they go unanswered on public roads. He believes that authorities should organize people by country so that their procedures are more orderly and flexible.
“We want papers to remain legally in Mexico and continue the journey to the northern border with the United States,” she told the Cuban.
“We entered (Mexico) on December 31st. We saw a big crowd, (the situation) became a real mess and mess. It is important that the authorities take action on this matter as this can get out of hand.” Cuban Jordi Armando told EFE.
Before the protests COMAR officials warned migrants that they would only serve families with children so the other adults had to wait their turn.
According to reports from various local media, this situation continued on Tuesday. La Jornada newspaper published a video showing how Hundreds of people crowded around the COMAR offices.
Cuba is experiencing the biggest migration crisis in its history. Between January 1 and November 30, 2022, 277,594 Cubans arrived in the United States, a daily average of 760. Last October (corresponding to fiscal year 2023), 29,872 Cubans entered the United States irregularly, an average of 963 per day. In November, 35,849 migrants arrived in the US from the island, an average of nearly 1,200 per day.