Mexico is asking Cuba and four other countries to accept deportation flights

The government of Mexico will ask Cuba and four other countries in the region to accept deportation flights for their citizens, as a way to alleviate a migration crisis that is showing an increase in the number of people arriving daily at the Mexican border with the United States.

The National Migration Institute (INM) revealed that it had asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to establish diplomatic representations with the governments of Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela so that they would accept the return of their migrants.

The agency has contracted air (chartered flights) and ground transportation services to transport migrants to other entities in the country, where they will be provided with assistance, or transported to their countries of origin.

in launchThe National Migration Institute reports that, in coordination with the Ciudad Juárez City Council, it is searching for land to install an open shelter that will primarily assist family groups and minors with the help of the State System for Comprehensive Family Development.

The document specifies that from January 1 to October 3, approximately 1.6 million “irregular aliens” were detected in the country.

Specifically, 1,566,948 immigrants entered, including 138,251 minors.

Friday, The United States announced that it will resume direct expulsions of Venezuelan citizens who cross the border illegally border and have no legal basis to remain in the country.

This announcement, published by the Ministry of Homeland Security, came after the Venezuelan authorities decided to accept the return of Venezuelan citizens.

The day before, the Biden administration waived and waived 26 federal laws in South Texas The green light to build a wall about 32 kilometers long on the border In the face of the large influx of immigrants.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the measure “represents a setback because it does not solve the problem.”