Migrants from several countries stand outside the headquarters of the National Institute for Migration in Chiapas, Mexico, to demand a humanitarian visa.
Local media’s Facebook profile, ImpactoVisión Noticias, notes that this Monday afternoon, protesters are demanding their visas in front of the Chiapas INM, sharing pictures of people shouting “We want the visa.”
The report does not state the nationality of the migrants, but they can be heard shouting sentences in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish.
The above-mentioned media also assured that the authorities arrived at the demonstrations before the riots to disperse the participants and calm the angry crowd, who chanted “Visa, Visa, Visa”.
This Saturday it was also reported that a Hundreds of Cuban immigrants rioted at the Acayucan immigration station, south of Veracruz, to request that the Mexican authorities expedite this revision your transit permits for the country.
The protest led to the mobilization of elements of the National Guard and an emergency meeting with the prison director, Alejandro Tapia.
The Cubans were being held at this immigration station –located next to the State Road 180 Costera del Golfo– but they assure you You have the permit issued by the National Migration Institute (INM) of Mexico allowing them to roam freely across the country, local media outlet La Silla Rota reported.
It was unofficially reported that two days earlier, on April 14, another riot by immigrants allowed several of them to flee.
The migrants, whose nationality is unknown, escaped an oversight by the authorities and crossed the fence, leading to a large police operation in the area.
March, two Cubans also fled the INM facilities from Chetumal in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, where they had been held for a year.
The refugees, aged 26 and 31, took advantage of a surveillance oversight to escape while going to do laundry, as they were already familiar with the movements and routines of immigration staff, local newspaper Quadratín reported.
Dozens of Cubans remain detained in various Mexican immigration stations awaiting their stay in that country, from which more than 900 Cubans have been deported to the island so far in 2022.
For its part, the United States government reported that more than 32,000 Cubans crossed its borders in March and has pressured the Mexican government to try to stem the flow.
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