Photo: Sáshenka Gutiérrez / EFE
For: The Opinion
Sunday, November 24
Migrants march in Mexico City and demand respect for their human rights
The migrant caravan that left Tapachula, Chiapas, in the south of the country last October, marched in Mexico City, to commemorate International Migrants Day and demand respect for their human rights and stop the violence against them.
The undocumented walked by Paseo de la Reforma avenue, in the center of the Mexican capital, carrying banners with legends such as “Migration is not a crime, the government is criminal “,” No one is illegal, down the walls and borders “and” The LGBT community also migrate, we seek respect and freedom. “
From Peacefully, protesters arrived at the facilities of the United States embassy yesterday Saturday to demand that their human rights be respected.
They also called for a halt to violence against them, because during their way through Mexico have had clashes with represent before the National Guard and authorities of the National Migration Institute (INM).
They recalled that more than 1, 600 kilometers in Mexican territory in search of reaching the United States to improve their living conditions, although in the They have been reduced in quantity because some have accepted the Government’s offers to regularize them and give them work.
Mothers of disappeared migrants took advantage of the moment to ask that people’s lives be respected who migrate “through this territory and throughout the world.”
They also demanded that allow them to access countries like Mexico to search for their children and demanded that no disappearance or death go unpunished.
They indicated that the people they are forced to leave their countries mainly due to difficult conditions It is about life and the violence they suffer in their places of origin and for the mere fact of wanting a better life they continue to migrate.
After their march, the migrants returned to the Casa del Peregrino, located north of Mexico City, where they set up their camp and where they receive water and food.
The caravan, mostly made up of Central Americans and Haitians, arrived in the past 13 from December to Mexico City, after having left last 23 from the city of Tapachula, in the southern state of Chiapas, on the border with Guatemala.
Since their arrival in the Mexican capital, the activity of the caravan has been intense, as they met with the president of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), Rosario Piedra, as well as with authorities capitalinas, with whom It was agreed to regularize the close to 500 members of the continent and allow them to pass to the north to those who wish to continue their route.
Mexico is experiencing one of the largest migratory waves in its history. From January to October, the country has intercepted 228, 115 people and deported others 80, 600, figures that had not been seen for more than 15 years.
Equally In any case, refugee claims have also broken records. From January to October, the country has received 108, 195 requests.
With information from Efe.
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