Twenty immigrants of Haitian origin from the thousands still stranded in the city of Tijuana have expressed their desire to return to Brazil, where many of them embarked on their journey north with the plan of being able to receive political asylum in the United States.
Although many have seen their dreams of crossing to the United States ended, in order to begin the process of staying in Mexico, others wish to go back to Brazil.
Meanwhile, Mexican authorities from the National Migration Institute (INAMI, in Spanish) are offering the "assisted return" program to immigrants who wish to return to Brazil or Haiti, but they have to first place their names on an official list from the program, which won't be ready until next week.
The delegate of the INAMI in Baja California, Rodulfo Figueroa, announced that as of April 2016 to today, Baja California has received more than 19,629 migrants from Haiti and Africa, which only a little more than 3,000 continue dispersed throughout the different municipalities in the state.
Of those who are in the state only 131 have managed to formalize their legal stay in the country; 76 with a humanitarian visa and 55 as refugee applicants. There are another 700 initiating the process.
For the assisted returns, the delegate commented to La Jornada Baja California that "It is not that the government is going to give someone back just because, but it must verify that those interested can do so."
According to reports from other cities in the country where migrants of Haitian origin arrived, such as Tapachula, they report that there are no more arrivals. Less and less travel with the hope of crossing to US.
Authorities have urged migrants to regularize their legal status, as many of them work in an informal way; it is increasingly common to find them performing various jobs from cleaning cars to waiters. In Tijuana lawyers are advising them without any charge.
Via La Jornada Baja California
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