Policy to curb migrant exodus will be maintained

TEGUCIGALPA.

The migration policies of United States to curb the massive exodus of migrants from the region will not be modified, is the conclusion made by analysts in international politics and migration in Honduras, this for the priorities that this country will face before the pandemic covid19.

They believe that strict policies will be maintained to stop the flow of undocumented migrants, As such an early change would be a bad message for migrants, especially from the North Triangle.

“There will be no immediate change for many reasons. First, there are issues that have to be addressed that are priorities, which as a power belong to it. Then it has its plan for the first 100 days, which enters the issue of migration. for people who are five years old United States“, Explained Graco Pérez, analyst.

Agreements are a persecution Donald Trump’s migration agreements left a level of persecution that was held, but with an aggravating factor: it confines people, migrants or not, to staying in certain areas and countries, which paralyzes migration and announces tensions and interregional problems. This is what is caused by the policy of dramatic restriction and containment of migration, which has left several governments in a very bad position due to the inhuman treatment of migrants.

In this context, those attached to the Temporary Protection Program (TPS) and that of Deferred Action for Newcomers to Childhood (If) they would be the beneficiaries immediately.

“Migration laws are the same ones that Trump implemented and will continue to do so for a long time. If they change them immediately it would be a bad message and they will not run that risk. In addition, it must soak up to really stop migration in countries that they generate, ”Pérez explains.

For analysts, it is not creating walls that will stop the advance of migration, but looking for strategies that prevent people from leaving their countries, and this will only be achieved when the policies of countries prioritize employment and employment. social welfare.

But consider that support, at least for Honduras, Will not be immediate. “I don’t think there will be any support for this in a year Government for their questioning. If they are not going to receive support, this means that the country will not have enough resources to generate the minimum conditions for those who migrate, “the analyst said.

data 100 days is the moratorium enacted by the new Biden government to suspend U.S. deportations. 1,068 returned from caravans They arrived in the country deported from Guatemala, according to the Migration Institute of that country.

Will it follow the wall?

the Mur is a national security issue of United States, Where, analysts say, is not only human trafficking, it is also the control of firearms, money laundering and drugs, and in the face of this threat the wall remains a priority to secure borders.

“The wall will continue, but it will not be exposed, as Trump did to gain followers. It will continue quietly because it is the last resort to stop those trying to enter this country,” Graco Perez explained.

Although Biden in his campaign said he would paralyze the construction of the world’s longest wall projected by Trump, 3,169 kilometers long, of which he was only able to lift, by December 2020, 193 and total 756, s hopes that this project will continue to stop all illegal activity at the border.

Agreements and separation

The separation of parents and children, this is a matter that Honduran analysts consider will improve with Joe Biden as president of United States for the subject of human rights.

“Conditions will change and it will be a better deal, although the deportations will be the same,” the analyst explained.

As for the agreements signed in the Trump era, with that of the Agreement Third Safe Country, Analysts believe it will remain in effect, although they anticipate it will be revised.

The deportation will remain the same, especially now with the health restrictions that exist. Graco Pérez, analyst.

“There will be significant changes if there is a revision of migratory agreements which were signed under the government of Donald Trump, Especially for safe country; but we must not forget that for United States“After 2001, due to the impact of the attacks, the issue of migration is linked to the issue of security, then agreements will be maintained, but it can be revised,” he said. Rolando Serra, Director of Flacso Honduras.

If analysts agree on one thing, it is that some policies on migration cannot be changed immediately, as it would be a wrong message that would carry the door-opening population and generate more irregular migration.

“Asylum applications are likely to be processed United States keep getting them at the border, ”Serra said.

Biden backed the TPS and rolled it over and is sure to review the asylum application process. Rolando Serra, Director of Flacso Honduras.

It should be remembered that the agreements they signed Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico were signed “under excellent relations,” said Graco Pérez, but “I don’t think they are the same with the arrival of Joe Biden.

It is best to apply existing laws. As I say, there will be a year in which there will be situations that were experienced when Trump and Biden inherit and that will be the only legal framework with which to handle the migration situation until a new one arrives. Government in Honduras“, Expressed the analyst.

If anything they consider valuable is the regularization that Biden promised for more than 11 million undocumented people who have been living in this country for years and who are anxiously waiting for Joe Biden to prioritize to have their legal immigration status.

Mexico saw an increase in asylum applications TEGUCIGALPA. In Mexico, since 2018, “shielding” was installed and asylum applications in that country grew. The Mexican Commission for Aid to Refugees (Comar) reported that in 2018 alone they received 18,379; for May 2019, in just five months the number reached 41,283, and by May 2020 the figure reported was 12,704. Of these applications, the number of Hondurans seeking asylum in 2018 was 13,679; in 2019, of 30,187, and for the first five months of 2020, about 6,078. Of all these applications, the Comar recognized 18,792 Hondurans as refugees. Since the beginning of the phenomenon of migratory caravans, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has implemented the Assisted Voluntary Return Program for migrants to return to their country of origin for having voluntarily and informedly decided not to remain in the country. of traffic or destination. In accordance with the statement made by the IOM representative in Mexico, Christopher Gascón, at the International Forum on Migrants and Refugees and Human Rights on 30 May 2019 in Monterrey, Mexico, the results are not as important, as only returned to approximately 3% of the migrants. To stop the migratory wave, Mexico implemented the program Sowing Life and Young people constructing the Future, but the results are not known.