An NGO creates a humanitarian corridor for migrants crossing Mexico on their way to the US.

TAPACHULA, Mexico. Given the arrival of thousands of migrants at the southern border Mexico and with the risk of undocumented people being left stranded in Tapachula, in the southern state of Chiapas, the Center for Human Dignity (CDH) has launched a crusade to create a humanitarian corridor that ensures people in migrant caravans reach their destination.

Luis Rey Garcia Villagran, General Coordinator of CDH, called on all three levels of government and business to join this initiative to children and women no longer sleep on the streets, no longer beg for money and get stuck in the city, but let them move on.

“If they don’t want caravans to move forward for migrants to arrive at the offices of the Mexican Commission for the Assistance of Refugees (COMAR), (then) they start this humanitarian corridor, like Panama does, that allows migrants to pass to their destination. , because Mexico is not the backyard of the United States, ”the activist emphasized.

He argued that the issue of immigration should be treated more humanely and that they should be aware of the need that exists for migrants that makes them go through Mexico.

Genesis is an accountant and now a migrant from Venezuela. She says she arrived in Tapachula 10 days ago and claims that her journey was one of the most difficult because she is afraid of being arrested.

She arrived with her two children and her husband and said she left, like thousands of her countrymen, because of rising inflation, insecurity, lack of education, resources and quality of life.

“It is useless for us to study and fight so hard for our degrees that they pay $7 a month, so the only measure is to be able to migrate and get to Canada, but not to the United States,” he said. clarified.

Keny Barrios, a Venezuelan migrant, arrived in Tapachula four days ago and refused to go to the 21st century migration station because they do not provide them with paperwork allowing them to move to northern Mexico.

“I have heard many people take them and extort them, but the only request from us is to give us permission for 5 to 10 days to get to the United States,” Barrios said.

In this sense, Garcia Villagran asked the migrants to get adequate advice to make a legal move in the country.

“We advise migrants to organize in compact groups so that they have adequate advice so that they can act in accordance with the law,” he said.

He emphasized that COMAR requires resources and more personnel to ensure that thousands of people are not stranded in the city.

The region is seeing a record migration flow, with 2.76 million undocumented people detained at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2022.

Mexican and US authorities deported more than 196,300 Central Americans in 2022, including more than 35,000 children and teenagers, This is stated in the report of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).