The United Nations (UN) organization on Monday called for a full investigation into the fire at a migrant center in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, which has provisionally killed 38 people.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on the Mexican authorities to conduct a full investigation into the tragic event and reiterated his commitment to continue working and working with the countries from which the majority of migrants are departing “to create safer migration routes, regulated.” and organized.
The United Nations system in Mexico also expressed its solidarity with the families of the victims of the fire and joined Guterres in calling for an investigation to determine who was responsible for the incident.
UN Secretary General @antonioguterres has called for a full investigation into the circumstances of the deaths of at least 39 migrants in a fire at a processing center on the China-China border #Mexico and the #USED.https://t.co/dlxLt56rqg
— UN News (@UN_News_Centre)
March 28, 2023
The Mexican government estimated the death toll from the fire at a migration center in Ciudad Juárez on the border with the United States on Tuesday night at 38 and the number of injured at 28.
According to a statement from the National Institute of Migration of Mexico (INM), after a tour of the hospitals where those affected by the fire were received, the number of deaths has been updated and 38 deaths have been confirmed.
Previously, the INM said it had a record 40 migrants dead and 28 injured.
The text adds that the Immigration Service has been working with the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) and with the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) with testimonies and evidence to clarify the causes of the fire.
#Share ��️| @INAMI_mx will provide @FGRMexico And @CNDH Testimonies and evidence of the officials of the temporary residence of Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua to clarify the truth of the facts. https://t.co/Wp23rMUdM9 pic.twitter.com/viLXHHCNzM
— INM (@INAMI_mx)
March 28, 2023
For his part, Mexico’s Undersecretary of State for Latin America and the Caribbean, Maximiliano Reyes Zúñiga, met with ambassadors and consuls from the various countries from which the deceased migrants came to coordinate responses to the tragedy that occurred at the immigration station in Ciudad Juárez .
According to Mexican civil organizations, 2022 was the most tragic year for migrants in Mexico, when about 900 people died trying to enter the United States.