Number of children immigrating to the US via Mexico highest in 10 years
This is the highest number recorded in the past 10 years.
Statistics in the electronic journal Contexts published by the Migration, Registration and Identity Policy Unit (UPMRIP) of the Mexican Interior Ministry show that the number of migrant children Transshipment through the country increased between 2015 and 2016, followed by 2019 and 2021, with a record 59,562 children. Of these, UPMRIP said, there are nearly 14,000 unaccompanied minors.
Meanwhile, the US Border Patrol Agency’s data recorded more than 370,000 minors entering the southern border, six times higher than the statistics of Mexican authorities.
Unaccompanied migrant children at US Customs and Border Protection, Rio Grande, Donna, Texas. (Photo: AP)
According to UPMRIP experts, one of the factors promoting youth migration is the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the labor market, especially for women and people. young.
With the prolonged blockade, workers in the informal sector are affected because they are unable to sell goods or provide services, as well as not receive social security services.
Other factors include violence in several Central American countries, and hurricanes Eta and Iota that made landfall in late 2020 which affected 3.5 million minors.
Faced with this situation, UPMRIP has called on the Government of Mexico to strengthen the health care system for migrant children and consider the possibility of developing bilateral cooperation programs in this area.
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