(ANSA) - MEXICO CITY, OCTOBER 25 - Some thousands of Central American immigrants, adhering to the 'March for Peace, Justice and Freedom', and who on Saturday left Tapachula, Chiapas, with the intention of reaching Mexico City , are advancing slowly north, accompanied at a distance by agents of the National Guard and the National Institute of Migration (Inm).
A delegation of theirs yesterday made contact with the media by delivering, reported the TV Milenio, a statement in which the IM is asked to guarantee free movement through the Mexican country, in order to reach the northern border with the United States.
A spokesperson for the migrants said that "the security authorities in Chiapas have allowed free transit on the highway section between Huhuetlán and Huixtla" which we consider "one more step to realize our American dream".
The agents of the National Guard and the INM, the broadcaster could see, "lined up at various points of the motorway, in what might have seemed an attempt to block the caravan, but it did not happen and the migrants passed unscathed".
The situation remains tense on the ground, however, as migratory flows rose sharply in 2021. According to official figures, 1.3 million migrants have been arrested at the southern border of the United States since Joe Biden's arrival at the White House last January.
For its part, the humanitarian organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced that Mexico expelled 54,000 foreigners from its territory this year.
(HANDLE).
