The caravan of thousands migrantswhich departed on Christmas Eve 2023 from Tapachulasouthern border of Mexicocame to an end this Tuesday after having advanced about 105 kilometers and surrendering to the agents of the Migration’s national institute (INM) in the municipality of Mapastepecstate Chiapas.
After nine days of marching, the huge group of migrants agreed to get on the buses of the INM to be able to complete an immigration process in the facilities of the National System for the Comprehensive Development of the Family (DIF), located about 50 kilometers from Mapastepecnext to the customs Huixtla.
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Before boarding the buses, the immigration agents invited them to board the vehicles voluntarily, giving priority to children, mothers, women and vulnerable people.
Migrants finish a caravan heading to the United States, in the municipality of Mapastepec, state of Chiapas, Mexico, on January 2, 2023. (Photo by Juan Manuel Blanco / EFE)
“We invite you and voluntarily for those who want to board the buses that the INM provides to transport them.”the agents declared.
Some migrants Men traveling alone initially refused to be transferred, because they wanted to continue walking towards Pijijiapanso as not to return to Huixtla, about 50 kilometers from Tapachula.
Luis Rey García Villagranactivist Center for Human Dignity (CDH), who accompanies this exodus, informed them that they will enter into a process and will be taken to the Mexico City.
García Villagrán had informed the thousands of migrants on Sunday that the Government of MexicoAs of Tuesday, the process for a regular stay in the country would begin.
“In the caravan there are many sick children, pregnant women, disabled people“Villagrán told the migrants and warned that the next point “It is 43 kilometers away, it is Pijijiapan and there is no place to rest and it would be about 18 hours walking, it is your decision.”.
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The Honduran migrant Wilnber Abisaiwho is traveling with his wife and two minor children, agreed to get on the immigration bus because he said he is interested in going to Mexico City and being legally in the country.
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Migrants board a bus from the National Migration Institute (INM) after ending a caravan heading to the United States, in the municipality of Mapastepec, state of Chiapas, Mexico, on January 2, 2023. (Photo by Juan Manuel Blanco / EFE )
“Yes, we are going to do the process, because we are interested in being in Mexico legally, we have already walked a lot, we have suffered, our feet hurt, walking 48 kilometers is not easy, we accept the INM’s proposal to do the process and so on. continue our path, it is the best option“, he told EFE.
Another of the migrants, the Honduran William Adalí Romeo Pérezaccepted the proposal of the Mexican authorities, because they will carry out the process before the DIFHowever, he rejected that they are surrendering to migration.
“I go for my family, that’s why I do it, but here no one is giving themselves, I go with my son, my wife and two girls, we trust in Immigration but in God, the children are already tired and we can no longer continue walking“, he explained.
As of tonight, more than 600 migrants had agreed to board about 12 buses, while authorities continue to organize families to be transported.
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The caravan of the so-called exodus from poverty got ready from 06:00 local time (12:00 GMT) to wait for the buses, but it was not until 16:00 local time (22:00 GMT) that the first group of 50 left. people.
The caravan of thousands of migrants, which left the southern border of Mexico as the largest of 2023, moved through a part of the state of Chiapasin which historical figures have been recorded of people seeking to enter USA on the border with Mexico.
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed last week the arrival of more than 2.2 million migrants from January to November last year.
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