Four south-north migration data

234,088 : number of interceptions (arrests and deportations) conducted by border guards in the southern United States in April. This is a peak in exactly what was an extraordinary year as there were already 1,216,173 interceptions during the 2022 financial year, which is more than the same period in previous years.

However, it is important to emphasize that these are cases and not individuals. The same person may have been arrested or deported several times during the year.

About 30% of them are repeat offendersExplain Jose Maria Ramos Garciaprofessor and researcher at Frontier College, Tijuana, Mexico. The same person can cross the border two or three times.

1 869 205 : number of Title 42 evictions since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Title 42 is a public health measure implemented in March 2020 by the government of former President Donald Trump to return undocumented migrants who emerge at the border without even being allowed to file an asylum claim. President Joe Biden tried to remove the measure in May, but the court stopped him.

It is in part title 42 that exactly explains the high rate of recidivism. While migrants who were deported before this measure took effect, under Title 8, could face civil and criminal prosecution if they tried to re-enter the United States, this is no longer the case with title 42. Many to them then repeated attempts until they overcame the patrols.

Half of single adults from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador who were deported to Mexico under Title 42 were caught crossing the border againwrites ofAmerican Immigration Council. Title 42 significantly increased the total number of border crossingsaddedNGO.

Title 42 detractors denounce the politicization of a proposal intended largely to be sanitary, on the one hand, and its discriminatory nature, on the other.

It does not apply equally to people of all nationalitiesexplained Maureen Meyer, vice president of programs at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). This creates two types of immigrants: those from Mexico and Central America, who can be quickly deported, and others.

" Depending on geography, some have more right to seek refuge in the United States than others. "

Mexicans and Central Americans were deported to Mexico. Haitians were repatriated to Haiti. Others, which are not accepted by Mexico, are held by the customs and border control agency (ICE).

Since Joe Biden took office, unaccompanied minors have been able to remain in the United States. This is also the case for some family units.

There are exceptions to Title 42, for example excluding minors and families, but the standard by which these exceptions apply is not very clear.sad Guadalupe Correa Cabreraprofessor at George Mason University, USA.

Mexican anti-racism organizations have denounced the fact that Ukrainians are welcomed with open arms. If they know someone is willing to sponsor them, they can apply for asylum and enter the United States. President Biden said his country was ready to receive 100,000 Ukrainians who fled Russia’s aggression.

130 256 : number of asylum applications received by the Mexican government in 2021.

Most people seeking asylum in Mexico are from Honduras, Haiti, Cuba, El Salvador and Venezuela.

Last year, Mexico was the second country in the world in terms of asylum applications, Maureen Meyer said. The problem is he doesn’t have the resources to handle this influx. There are those waiting in Tapachula [dans le sud du pays, à la frontière du Guatemala] for months. This creates a lot of frustration.

" If the Mexican government has the political will to accept asylum seekers, it will provide greater resources to the Mexican Commission for Aid to Refugees [COMAR]. "

But that’s not the case, he points out. His budget was the same for many years.

There is no clear policy on the protection of migrantsaccurate Guadalupe Correa Cabrera. Many institutions try to help them, but there is no national program with a specific approach.

Most migrants don’t want to stay in Mexico, he pointed out.

" They are only there until they find a way to enter the United States, legally or illegally. "

That said, the Mexican government can make life easier for migrants by granting them humanitarian visas or temporary protection that will allow them to work legally in Mexico, Maureen Meyer said.

5000 : number of migrants who left June 6 in a caravan from Tapachula, Chiapas, to the U.S. border, according to Mexican media.

Along the way, however, the group split, with families and children left behind. Most of the caravan members came from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, but there were also Haitians, Hondurans, Salvadorans and Guatemalans as well as Indians and people from several African countries.

They began as continent leaders were gathering in Los Angeles for the Summit of the Americas to discuss, among other things, migration. President Biden has already promised large investments for the countries in the northern triangle (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador).

However, these should be real investments that will benefit the countries concerned and not just American companies, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera said. This type of investment does not yield growth but rather assets for entrepreneurs.dispute by Ms. Correa Cabrera. How many jobs will be created? Are we not going to advance the economic interests of the United States in a strategic place?

The United States has announced several measures intended to protect migrants or regularize their status, the result of agreements with traveling countries. But the summit should hopefully be an opportunity to negotiate a real migration reform, which would dramatically make it possible to increase the number of temporary visas granted to workers from the northern triangle and Mexico, notes Jose Maria Ramos Garcia. This is a great way to adjust this type of flow.he believes.

In fact, whether the United States likes it or not, it will not dry up.

Irregular migration will not stopalso believe Guadalupe Correa Cabrera. If not, in the United States or in other countries where people want to go, the legal channels of migration, they will still go there.