The humanitarian visitor card is generally valid for one year without the possibility of renewal.
The National Migration Institute (INM) of Mexico handed out 73 visitor cards for humanitarian reasons to migrants injured in the December 2020 road accident in Chiapas, in the southeast of the country, in which 56 people died.
“The Ministry of the Interior, through the INM, reports that to date it has delivered 73 visitor cards for humanitarian reasons to migrants who were transferred in the trailer that crashed on December 9 on the Chiapa de Corzo to Tuxtla Gutiérrez highway. , in the state of Chiapas, “said the agency in a statement on Tuesday.
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The immigration authority, said the bulletin, has followed up on the situation of the people affected by this event, which resulted in 104 injured and 56 deceased.
The INM covered all expenses generated by funeral services, assisted people discharged from hospitals to help them stay in hotels and processed immigration documents to regularize their stay in the country, the statement said.
Likewise, the visitor cards for humanitarian reasons were issued in favor of 65 Guatemalans, 3 Dominicans, 3 Ecuadorians, a Honduran and a Colombian.
The visitor’s card for humanitarian reasons is usually valid for one year without the possibility of renewal and allows you to regularize your stay in Mexico.
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It is granted to the migrant if he or she is an unaccompanied minor, was the victim of a crime in Mexico or is doing their refugee procedures.
In addition, in coordination with local and state authorities and the Governments of Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and El Salvador, 31 bodies have been transferred to their places of origin.
After the above, there are 25 to be delivered, the text specified.
Two Ecuadorians injured in an accident in Chiapas-Mexico
The region is experiencing a record migratory flow to the United States, whose Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detected more than 1.7 million illegal immigrants on the border with Mexico in fiscal year 2021, which ended on December 30. September.
While Mexico has intercepted more than 252,000 undocumented migrants from January to November and deported more than 100,000 in the same period, according to the Migration Policy Unit of the country’s Interior Ministry.
The Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid (Comar) received a record 131,488 refugee applications in 2021.
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