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Las asylum applications in Mexico had a decrease in 46% in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2023, going from 76 thousand 130 between January and June of last year, 41 thousand 427 in the same period of 2024.
According to statistics issued by the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (Eat), the number of requests received in the first semester This year’s number of applications was also lower compared to those received during 2022, which amounted to 58,660.
The nationalities that have requested refugee status in the country the most during the first half of 2024 are led by Honduras, Cuba, Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua, Ecuador y Chile.
The Comar delegations where the most requests have been processed are: Tapachula with 27,376, followed by Mexico City with 6,496.
In 2023 the country with the highest number of requests Haiti was the refugee, followed by Honduras, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Afghanistan.
According to data from the Eat, In the last decade, the number of people seeking asylum in Mexico has increased year after year.
In 2013 it closed with 1,295; 2014, with 2,137; 2015, with 3,422; 2016, it reached 8,791; 2017, it rose to 14,587 and in 2018 it reached 29,410.
It is worth noting that in 2019 the requests They were more than double the previous year, reaching 70,120; in 2020, due to the pandemic, they dropped to 40,733, but in 2021 they tripled and for the first time exceeded 100,000 applications, reaching 129,329.
In 2022, there was a decrease again and applications remained at 119,083, but a year later, in 2023, it increased again and closed at 140,831.
Regarding the resolutions issued by Comar, in 2021 the positive rate was 72%, in 2022 it was 61% and in 2023 it was 69%. In 2024, until the June cut-off, the rate of those recognized as refugees is 73%.
Of the latter, people from Honduras have the highest number of positive applications with seven thousand 338, equivalent to 89% of the total number of applicants, in second place Cuba With 1,314, which represented 56% of its applications, Guatemala follows with 664, which represented 54% of their requests.
Positive applications from people from Haiti in the first half of 2024 represented 24% of the total, with 273 and of The Savior 798 were accepted, equivalent to 82%.
CNDH accuses Immigration of holding Venezuelan drug
The National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) found that personnel from the National Migration Institute (INM) held a Venezuelan person for excessive amounts of time at the INM Immigration Station in the Mexico City (EMCDMX).
This despite the fact that a migrant person should not be in that condition for more than 36 hours, which is why the order was issued Recommendation 85/2024.
The victim had been released from a men’s prison on October 14, 2023, as she accepted a conditional suspension of the execution of her sentence.
On November 19, 2023, the victim was immediately suspended from the acts of detention, deportation and expulsion, to the effect that his accommodation at the station would cease and the Administrative Immigration Procedure (PAM); However, this was not fulfilled until December 5 of that year.
The CNDH He confirmed that the two public servants who participated in the events carried out actions lacking justification y motivation, which caused the victim to continue being held at the station without justification.
The Commission recommended to the INM collaborate in the registration of the injured person in the National Registry of Victims, so that immediate and comprehensive reparation of the damage can be made. /24 HOURS
Justice for all
The maximum period of 36 hours that a migrant can remain in an immigration station was determined by a resolution of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN).
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