Latin American heads of state will meet this Sunday in Mexico to discuss its management immigrantas tens of thousands of illegal immigrants head toward the US border each month.
The regional summit is being hosted in Palenque, in the state of Chiapas (south), which is being overwhelmed by migrants trying to reach the US.
In September alone, some 60,000 Venezuelans and 35,000 Guatemalans arrived in Mexicoaccording to Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed the presence of his counterparts from the main countries of origin of the migrants – Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela – as well as the Prime Minister of Haiti. He aspires to achieve an agreement to “cooperation with the United States government sought”.
The regional summit is expected to attract US attention, although the Middle East and the Russian invasion of Ukraine are at the fore.
Returning from his trip to Tel Aviv, US President Joe Biden asked Congress to approve $105.85 billion in funding to financially support Israel and Ukraine, counter the Chinese threat (military and economic) and the management of migration flows at the southern borders of the country.
The US-Mexico border is the deadliest land migration corridor in the world, according to the International Organization for Migration. Last year, IOM recorded 686 deaths and disappearances of migrants in this area.
Source: News Beast
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