Five Venezuelans freed out of 31 migrants kidnapped in Mexico
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexican security services have freed five Venezuelans kidnapped over the weekend by gunmen, local authorities said on Tuesday, as they searched for another 26 people snatched from a bus traveling to the border city of Matamoros. The bus was intercepted on Saturday on the Reynosa-Matamoros route in the northern state of Tamaulipas, […]
Migrants in Mexico: Violence forced them to flee. Now faith sustains these migrants on their journey to the US
MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, reports from Tijuana…
US offers work permits to half million Venezuelans already in country
Washington DC, US Reuters The US will grant temporary deportation relief and access to work permits to nearly half a million Venezuelans already in the country, US officials said on Wednesday, a move that follows calls by Democrats to help newly arrived migrants work legally. About 472,000 Venezuelans in the US on or before 31st […]
US explores refugee program for non-Mexican asylum seekers in Mexico
Washington DC, US/Mexico City, Mexico Reuters US and Mexican officials are discussing a new US refugee program for some non-Mexican asylum seekers waiting in Mexico, four sources said, part of President Joe Biden’s attempts to create more legal avenues for migration. The program would likely be open to Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan refugees in […]
What does the future hold for Venezuelan migrants?
Bogota, Colombia Thomson Reuters Foundation Venezuelans fleeing economic and political turmoil now face tough new border regulations in the US as Joe Biden’s administration tries to clamp down on a wave of migration. Millions have left the South American nation over the last decade for countries including neighbouring Colombia, Brazil and the United States. Wearing […]
“In the hands of God”: One Venezuelan family’s journey to the US; border crossings drop after Title 42 expiry
El Paso, Texas AP When Luis López was lost in Panama’s Darien Gap last year with his wife, then seven months pregnant, their two young children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them. “If I was bad, let me die here, but I came with my […]
Migrants stranded on Chile-Peru border repatriated to Venezuela
Santiago, Chile Reuters Chile’s government said that 115 Venezuelan migrants who had been stranded on the border with Peru were repatriated to Venezuela on a humanitarian flight Sunday. Hundreds of migrants, mostly Venezuelans seeking to return home, had been stranded in the country’s northern border after being denied entry into Peru. The incident sparked diplomatic […]
Struggling with US asylum app, migrant families split at border
Mexico City Reuters Dozens of migrant families are splitting up at Mexico’s northern border as they struggle to secure US asylum appointments on a government app beset by high demand and persistent glitches, migrants and advocates say. The anxiety of separation is piling more pressure on families who have often taken perilous journeys through several […]
At least 60,000 minors set to cross dangerous Panama-Colombia jungle gap in 2023, says UN
Panama City, PanamaReuters A substantial hike in children crossing the Darien jungle – linking Panama with Colombia – is expected this year, the United Nations said on Friday, amid a surge in migrants making the dangerous journey to reach the United States. By the end of 2023, more than 300,000 migrants are set to have […]
Mexico detains more than 16,000 foreign migrants in four days
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Mexico detained more than 16,000 migrants in a four-day span, including nearly 5,000 Venezuelans, the country’s National Institute of Migration said Monday. The INM said 16,096 migrants from 46 countries were detained in 22 Mexican states between 17th and 20th November. Migrants from Venezuela walk in a caravan to the US-Mexico […]