By EFE
01 Oct 2024, 11:55 PM EDT
The authorities of the United States and Mexico have deported more than 102,000 migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras between January and August 2024, 4% more than in 2023, according to data from the International Organization for Migration consulted on Tuesday by EFE. .
The data, which correspond to government entities of the three countries, show that deportations from the United States reached 82,110, from Mexico 20,238 and 341 from other countries, for a total of 102,689.
This figure is higher by 4,076 reports compared to the 98,613 deportations in the same period in 2023, an increase of 4.1%.
Of this total, 13,144 deportations correspond to children and adolescents, of which 8,339 were from the United States, 4,612 from Mexico and 193 from other countries. This figure presents a decrease of 1,280 cases, 8.9% less than 2023.
In total by country, repatriations to the area known as the Northern Triangle of Central America reached 10,326 in El Salvador, 57,944 cases in Guatemala and 34,419 for Honduras.
With these figures, El Salvador calculated a 35.8% increase; Guatemala 12.8% and Honduras a reduction of 13.2%, according to figures collected by the IOM.
The data presented by the IOM are from the government General Directorate of Migration and Immigration of El Salvador; the Guatemalan Institute of Migration and Ministry of Social Welfare of Guatemala; and the Consular and Migration Observatory of Honduras.
Every year, more than 500,000 people from these three countries try to emigrate irregularly to the United States in search of better living conditions, including thousands of minors.
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