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For: EFE Posted Jan 31, 2023, 22:57 pm EST
SAN SALVADOR – The authorities of Mexico and the United States deported more than 196,300 undocumented immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras in 2022, including more than 35,000 children and adolescents, according to official data consulted this Tuesday by EFE.
According to a report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the Northern Triangle of Central America, Mexico deported 106,827 people and the United States 89,552, for a total of 196,379, an increase of 58% compared to the 124,280 deported in 2021.
At this number of deportations in 2022 837 repatriations from other countries that were not detailed are added, with which the general number of deportations of citizens of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras reached 197,216 and rose 57.4%.
The data, compiled from government sources, indicates that deportations from Mexican territory alone rose 17.4%, compared to 91,012 cases in 2021.
Deportations from the United States increased by 169.2%, compared to 33,268 records in 2021.
Numbers of children deported on the rise
The data collected by the IOM also shows that the number of children and adolescents who were deported rose from 23,742 in 2021 to 35,303.
The upward difference was 11,561 cases, which represents an increase of 48.6%. When reviewing the figures by country of returned children and adolescents, the three Central American countries report increases.
El Salvador went from receiving 2,580 minors in 2021 to 4,552 for an increase of 76.4%. While Guatemala registered 13,565 cases in 2021 and 16,662 in 2022, which represented an increase of 22.8%.
Honduras is the country that grew the most in repatriations of children under 18 years of age, going from 7,597 in 2021 to 14,089, with an increase of 85.4%.
The data presented by the IOM came from the governmental General Directorate of Migration and Aliens (DGME) of El Salvador; the Guatemalan Institute of Migration (IGM) and the Secretariat of Social Welfare (SBS) of Guatemala, and the Consular and Migration Observatory of Honduras (Conmigho).
Every year, more than 500,000 people from these three countries try to immigrate illegally to the United States in search of better living conditions, including thousands of minors.