Mexico City, December 10 (RHC) -- More than 3,300 people who have entered Mexico in caravans since October are currently seeking asylum in the country as many flee violence and persecution, according to a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Many who are part of a mass exodus from Central American countries are in need of humanitarian assistance, including children, newborns, pregnant women, elderly people, and people with disabilities, who have been suffering physical and mental distress, health issues, and exhaustion, the agency warned.
The Mexican government has reported that around 8,250 people have entered the country since October 19 when the first caravan arrived in Mexico. Organizers of the Central American Exodus have given higher estimates of around 11,200 people.
According to Doctors Without Borders, each year 500,000 people flee poverty and extreme violence in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, where they say “high levels of violence in the region, known as the Northern Triangle of Central America, are comparable to that in war zones.”
More than 3,300 migrants fleeing 'war zone-like conditions' seek asylum in Mexico
.jpg)
Artículos Relacionados
Comentarios
Deja un comentario
Todos los campos son requeridos
Ahora Reproduciendo
Sonido Cubano
A Continuación
- Desde Mi Habana
- Cartas a la Redacción
- Cancionero Iberoamericano
Más Vistas
- Ministro evalúa avances y desafíos del transporte en provincia del oriente de Cuba
- Una artesanía para los padres de casa con la distinción de Holguín (+Fotos)
- Trump contra EEUU
- ¿Cuál es el calendario de Cuba en la Liga de Naciones de Voleibol?
- Cuba acelera su transición energética: Avanza el Parque Providencia en la oriental provincia de Holguín