2023-07-19 21:33:25
Tijuana, BC.- With the US immigration status and politicsit is difficult to predict what the future holds for the population in refugee context in Baja California, considered the Consul of Mexico in San Diego.
Carlos González Gutiérrez recalled that last year there were around 3,500 people requesting international protection as refugees, as well as that 2 years ago the national record was broken with 130,000 refugees.
Alternatives to humanitarian asylum
The Ambassador mentioned that he did emphasize that the path for those seeking humanitarian asylum can be open to two paths: request asylum for life in Mexico or eventually cross to the neighboring country.
Carlos González Gutiérrez, Mexican consul in San Diego. Photo: Emmanuel Castañeda
Little by little we are becoming a country of immigration that requires foreign labor to complement some regions of the country, for example, the Baja California border,” said González Gutiérrez.
He Consul of Mexico in San Diego He considered that the personnel available in the region is “clearly insufficient”, for which reason a change of mentality is required in the Mexican economic engine.
Personnel for business sector
The consular member stressed that the attraction of personnel for the business sector it has to be directed, not only at the reception of refugees or in a context of mobility, but also at finding qualified labor.
“Beyond that, we have to attract qualified labor and at all levels to come to work in our country, because we no longer have enough staff as before,” he said.
González Gutiérrez complemented by saying that lhe demographic pyramid in Mexico has changed significantly in recent decades, mentioning that before the average age was 24 years and now between 35 and 35 years.
“We will continue in a transition process as a country, to change the paradigm and be a country of emigration,” concluded the Consul of Mexico in San Diego.
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