A second migratory wave is evident towards the United States, according to an organization that provides legal advice for migrants and their families.
Citing figures from the Immigration department of that country, while in 2020 there were 12,892 Ecuadorians who were detained, expelled or deported, in the first two months of the fiscal year there were 19,046. A difference of more than 6,000 people.
In the United States, the fiscal year begins on October 1 and runs through September 30 of the following year.
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By the end of the summer of 2023, the all-time high of 2021 will have been exceeded, when 97,094 compatriots were expelled or deported, he said in a press release.
The concern for that organization is that these data are given despite the fact that Mexico and Guatemala imposed visas and therefore restrictions. Otherwise -in his opinion- the exodus would be greater.
He added that throughout 2022, of 16 deaths and 15 cases of missing persons, 5 of them were minors who were involved in a shipwreck in Chiapas, Mexico in November.
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“Officials from the Foreign Ministry have held more than 20 national meetings over the course of a decade to find solutions to this problem and so far they have not given us answers or specific proposals,” said William Murillo, executive director of the organization 1800 migrante.com , who served as national secretary for Migrants in the Rafael Correa administration.
He questioned the management carried out by the current Ecuadorian government.
The issue of irregular migration was addressed by Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States Government, in a visit he made to high government authorities in early December.
President Guillermo Lasso and his colleague Joe Biden were also expected to address him at their meeting in the United States last week. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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