Guatemala.
the Central American countries prepare a plan in the face of a possible wave of migration of Haitians, Cubans, Asians and Africans seeking to reach United States irregularly, a Guatemalan source reported this Friday.
The Director General of Migration of Guatemala, Guillermo Díaz, commented to journalists who are preparing the proposal to address the migratory flow that would be occurring in the coming weeks, although without specifying a date.
He stated that the initiative is expected to be presented next Monday in a conversation at regional level with authorities from the countries that make up the Central American Commission of Migration Directors (OCAM).
The official commented that the migrants would arrive from Peru through the Darién area to Panama for cross Central America to Mexico.
“Information was obtained on the probability that these migratory flows could reach Guatemala, unofficial information has been obtained, so that the authorities migratory of the region are already being prepared to be able to serve them, “he added.
Diaz acknowledged that migration is a right, but it must be done in a safe, orderly, and regular manner.
Thousands of migrants from various countries have attempted to reach the United States irregularly fleeing poverty and violence.
In mid-January, Guatemalan police and soldiers forcibly disbanded a caravan of thousands of Honduran migrants, including hundreds of children, who broke into the border without presenting documents or negative proof of covid-19, demanded by the government.
The security forces acted under a decree of the president Alejandro Giammattei, Which ordered to halt its progress in the face of the risks of the coronavirus pandemic that leaves Guatemala with 170,275 infections and 6,220 deaths.
About 7,000 people managed to enter the country in this last caravan and most were returned to Honduras, According to official data from Guatemala, he lashed out at his neighboring country for not preventing his departure.
A week after the migrants were repelled, even by beatings, by uniformed men, diplomats from the United States, Mexico and Guatemala warned that the borders would be closed for the passage of other caravans.
Since October 2018, irregular migration to the United States from Central America took a turn with the departure of caravans of thousands of people, mainly from northern Honduras, despite the anti-immigration policies imposed during the government of the former president American Donald Trump (2017 -2021).