This weekend, the National Institute of Migration (INM) reported that almost 30,000 people from Honduras were deported, mainly from the United States and Mexico, in the first half of 2023, 43.1% less than in the same period of 2022.
The figures of those deported to Honduras from the United States, Mexico, Central American countries and Europe were 29,746 people, compared to the 52,319 computed in the same period last year.
Deportations from the United States to Honduras went from 23,315 in the first six months of 2022 to 16,928 in 2023, with a 27.4% decrease, while those returned from Mexico last year were 27,029 and this year 11,817, representing a reduction of 56.3%.
The National Institute of Migration affirmed that a total of Hondurans returned in the aforementioned period, the Central American immigration authorities deported 742 people compared to 1,842 in 2022, which represents 59.7% less.
In that same report, it is detailed that the deportation of children and adolescents fell by 58%, given that in the first semester of 2022 there were 13,974 and in the same period of 2023 they reached 5,870.
Arrests at the US border
This same week, authorities from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported that apprehensions at the southern border of the United States decreased in June, compared to the same period in 2021. Border officials had 144,571 encounters with migrants at the border during the month of June, which represents a 43% decrease when compared to the encounters in the month of May with a total of 206,702.
According to authorities, encounters with illegal immigrants at ports of entry have increased month-on-month, a sign that efforts by President Joe Biden’s administration to direct migrants to ports of entry are working.
The National Migration Service of Panama reported that at least 196,370 migrants have crossed the Darién Jungle, between Panama and Colombia, during the first semester of 2023. This figure represents a considerable increase, taking into account that in the same period in 2022 a figure of 49,452 people had been registered.
April was the month with the highest number of travelers entering Panama through the jungle on their irregular journey to North America, with 40,297, that is, 6.5 times more than the 6,134 in the same month of 2022. It was followed in descending order by May, with 38,962; March, with 38,009; June, with 29,721; January, with 24,634 and February, with 24,657 migrants.
With information from EFE
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