This Sunday the Catholic Church of Mexico called the attention of the Mexican Government and the president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to review their management and migration policy to guarantee the protection of migrants and their human rights. This pronouncement occurs a month after the tragedy in Ciudad Juárez that continues to generate a dispute due to the measures taken that day that 40 people died.
At the beginning of the month, the Archdiocese of Mexico published a press release in which it called on the Government of Mexico, municipal, state and federal authorities, “to stop seeing migrants as criminals.” Now, almost a month later, the Holy See recalled that due to more than four million displaced people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, the exodus of refugees and migrants represents the largest population displacement in the region’s modern history.
Therefore, they call on the authorities to review immigration policies, so that human rights are always protected and the protection of the most vulnerable is guaranteed. In addition, the church pointed out that immigrants are the target of abuse, extortion and discrimination.
The Holy See affirmed that although Mexico is historically a country of immigrants and as a society has made several migrations, the current situation has surpassed governments and institutions not only in border cities, but in others such as the country’s capital. Even so, the Secretary of the Interior of Mexico, Adán Augusto López, assured that the country, which is the final point to enter the southern border of the United States, is therefore keeping its doors open for immigrants.
The Secretary of the Interior of Mexico said that the tradition in Mexico is an example in immigration policies. “Our migrants are being cared for. The federal government seeks to guarantee not only free transit through the national territory but that they are very well attended in terms of food,” said López.
With information from EFE
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