By EFE
Jun 26, 2024, 00:45 AM EDT
For the United States, the open door policy applied by the Government of Nicaragua is very “concerning,” where irregular migration to the North American country is facilitated, through Managua, where charter flights from countries in Africa, Asia and the United States land. Europe.
“It is unacceptable that people try to take advantage of Nicaragua as a springboard to enter the United States,” said the head of the US State Department for Latin America, Brian Nichols, to the Nicaraguan platform Despacho 505.
Where he also added: “And the measures of the (Daniel) Ortega (and Rosario) Murillo regime to promote that are worrying.”
Stop irregular immigration
The Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs recalled that the United States has imposed visa restrictions on executives of charter flight transportation companies that facilitate irregular migration to their country through Nicaragua, in order to “stop that irregular immigration.”
“We are going to continue using all the tools we have to block irregular migration to the United States,” said Nichols, who is part of the US delegation participating in the 54th Ordinary Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), which is taking place. will be held in Asunción, Paraguay.
The Nicaraguan newspaper Confidencial carried out an investigation where they highlighted that charter flights land in Nicaragua, where they do not ask entry requirements for migrants. Although they impose various charges, thus facilitating transit from West Africa and India to Central America.
From Nicaragua to the border of Mexico with the US.
The Government of US President Joe Biden has been warning about Cuban, Haitian and African migrants who use charter flights to Nicaragua and, from there, undertake a land trip to the Mexican border with the United States.
In late February, the Biden Administration announced that it would expand its visa restrictions for air, land and sea transport operators that facilitate migrant flights to Nicaragua.
The route through the Central American country has experienced a significant increase in recent times, according to official data.
Thousands of Africans detained on the southern border
In Senegal, the route to reach the United States, through Nicaragua, has become one of the most popular.
According to US Government figures, during the last fiscal year in September, up to 58,462 Africans were detained at the southern border of the United States. Of them, 13,526 were Senegalese.
In the last two years, the Nicaraguan Government has established visa-free agreements with African countries.
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