Los Angeles, June 10, 2022 (AFP) – Casa White announced that the United States will take in 20,000 refugees from Latin America in 2023 and 2024 and provide $314 million in aid to migrants in the region, while Mexico will double its border work permits. this Friday (10).
On the final day of the Americas Summit in Los Angeles, Latin American leaders will adopt the Los Angeles Declaration on Immigration and Protection, which aims to share responsibilities in managing the migration flow.
The United States has committed to open its doors to 20,000 people, or to triple the number of refugees it receives this year, the White House said in a statement.
President Joe Biden’s government has also offered to “increase” the admission of Haitian refugees, but did not give figures and will issue 11,500 temporary work visas to Haitian and Central American citizens in the face of labor shortages in the United States.
For comparison, Washington promised to accept 100,000 Ukrainians after Russia invaded their country.
On the other hand, it announced new funding of US$314 million for “humanitarian and development assistance for refugees and vulnerable migrants” in Latin America, which includes a program for Venezuelans who have immigrated to 17 countries in the region.
According to official figures for April, about 7,500 irregular migrants, most from Central America, as well as Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti, try to cross the US border every day.
According to the Los Angeles Declaration statement, Mexico will increase the number of Border Worker Cards from 10,000 to 20,000, as the White House puts it, allowing you to reside in one country and work in another.
The Mexican government will also launch a new temporary work program for 15,000 to 20,000 people a year in Guatemala and plans to expand it to Honduras and El Salvador in the medium term.
It will also integrate 20,000 refugees into the Mexican labor market over the next three years, with the support of the UN Refugee Agency.
The text of the statement lists some of the measures countries will take as the Biden administration demands “sharing responsibilities”.
Belize will launch a regulatory scheme for irregular migrants, Costa Rica will renew its temporary protection program for Cubans, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans, and Ecuador has issued a decree establishing a way to grant regular immigrant status to Venezuelans entering the country through an official port. login..
In the statement, it was stated that Guatemala has passed a new law to encourage legal worker immigration programs and that Canada will open its borders to 50,000 workers in the agricultural sector.
source: Noticias
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