In October 2021, National Guard troops opened fire on a truck carrying migrants, in an apparent attempt to detain them, killing two. The terms refugee, asylum-seeker and migrant are used to describe people who are on the move, who have left their countries and have crossed borders. To receive an appointment, usually in a month, crowds of asylum seekers form a line outside the office early in the morning. Once, as they accompanied a family of asylum seekers, National Guard troops and two Suchiate municipal police officers arrived, threatening to detain them, they said. Many people who have been crossing the southern border in recent years promptly turn themselves in. A refugee is a person who has fled their own country because they are at risk of serious human rights violations and persecution there. ".pqNG=DT~G1* ]\~~Gp~j5`fO"i*Jo2KO=\Vg(A{ xC@%;!` w4 !X:_C }BNzjBsD(~vu^IhS&Vs~@N^ZGdO&l{[y3KChtz]q?JP>=*apQ|Cc /yAJU{ Kneel! after finding other migrants from the group hiding under a truck in the parking lot of an adjacent strip mall. As waiting time for humanitarian visas and residence visas has grown, those waiting in Tapachula have begun to protest delays and difficulties. To be eligible for the RCA program you must have resources of less than $6,000. On Monday, the immigration agent arrived. I dont know what well do. The Mexican Supreme Court recently ruled these checkpoints unconstitutional. It grants protection to nearly all Hondurans, Salvadorans, and Venezuelans whose cases it reviews. Czech Refugees have a right to international protection. Additional translations for the Application for Benefits are available at: Translations for DSHS Application for Cash of Food Assistance. Leaders from the Western Hemisphere are expected to sign a regional declaration on migration and protection during the Summit of the Americas, hosted by President Biden in Los Angeles.
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In September, COMAR took the system offline and announced that it would temporarily receive applications in Tapachulas football stadium. (Los Angeles) Migrants and asylum seekers who enter Mexico through its southern border face abuses and struggle to obtain protection or legal status as a result of policies aimed at preventing them from reaching the US, Human Rights Watch said today. Then he turned to the group and said Julio is talking about asylum. We campaign to make sure governments honour their shared responsibility to protect the rights of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants. She took us up to the second floor. ~.zmHB\O3M My heart is pounding, the mother said as she waited for officers from Customs and Border Protection to arrive at the spot on the bridge where two types of pavement touch, separating Mexico and the United States. Migrants and asylum seekers should be able to request protection from immigration agents at border crossings or after entering Mexico, under Mexican and international law. Interpretation and translation services are available. There are many reasons why it might be too difficult or dangerous for people to stay in their own countries. COMAR provides applicants a certificate confirming their status as a refugee status applicant. But the identities of these people are made up of so many more things. I was afraid I would die. And it should ensure that Haitians have access to protection and legal status. A man returning to the tent area of Senda De Vida after saying goodbye to friends headed to cross the border. Large groups, including of families and unaccompanied minors, intentionally surrender themselves to Border Patrol every night.
Swedish Governments must protect all migrants from racist and xenophobic violence, exploitation andforced labour. The Red Cross told us we could go to Tecn Uman and request asylum in Mexico. A husband and wife from Mexico had come to the United States for a better life, leaving four children in the care of family members back home. We campaign for a world where human rights can be enjoyed by everyone, no matter what situation they are in. Soldiers and immigration agents conduct control and verification operations nationwide to apprehend undocumented migrants. Some may stay there for several days before officials decide whether or not they can remain, at least for now, in the country. They receive US $130 every two weeks. The men had just crossed the river; their jeans were soaked up to the knees. Seeking asylum is a human right. Have been denied TANF or have been terminated from TANF due to intentional non-compliance with TANF eligibility requirements; Are a full-time student in an institution of higher education, unless the educational activity is part of a department-approved employability plan. Catalan
Every day, all over the world, people make one of the most difficult decisions in their lives: to leave their homes in search of a safer, better life. Before dark one evening last month, a group of Border Patrol agents took in the breathtaking view, including a section of the river where groups of migrants often swim across to the United States in the early hours of the morning. There are lots of different reasons for people to start a journey to build a life in a new country. Hebrew On the 15th day, the mother and daughter escaped and crossed the Rio Grande into the United States on a boat that held about 30 people. Until recently, UNHCR employed 230 of COMARs 361 staff through an outsourcing agency. Belarusian Expand presence at detention centers to ensure that detained asylum seekers can seek refugee status. The whole family went seven of us. In jail, you have to join a gang if you want to survive. I never thought I would have to leave my country. Some migrants from Cuba and Nicaragua, for example are usually processed into the country to await removal proceedings that most likely will not take place for months or years. Gujarati Malay Many said INM agents dissuaded them from seeking refugee status in Mexico and pressured them to accept voluntary returns to their countries. Ukrainian Without it, they cannot travel within Mexico and may be detained and considered undocumented if they reach a checkpoint. A married couple of two, without children, who are eligible for RCA would get $459 if they have no income. Xinca
Mapudungun COMDHSM said they helped 87 asylum seekers enter legally between February and June 2021.
Evaluate claims from Haitians using the same standard applied to other applicants from countries experiencing generalized violence, or mass human rights violations that have seriously disturbed public order. Often people will face a combination of these difficult circumstances. English
Interpretation services are available. But the interviews suggest the situation is more complicated. Once theyre settling in and start building a new life, many face daily racism, xenophobia and discrimination. Portuguese The INM said it transferred 42,000 people to other states in December, mostly Haitians. We knew that as soon as he got out of jail it could happen to us too. Arabic
Guarani COMAR is able to review only some of the refugee status applications it receives. A year earlier, they said, they fled Honduras after the daughter, 15, had been kidnapped and raped by a local gang. As long as their reason for fleeing is connected to the disturbance of public order, COMAR nearly always presumes they are refugees and grants them protection. Italian Cebuano Mexico should streamline processing of residence visas for those who have been recognized as refugees. Dozens lined up to wait for their turn to speak to an agent. Some said they had family or friends in other parts of Mexico who could help. I recently found an apartment. Amnesty has championed the human rights of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants for decades. Some are detained by the authorities as soon as they arrive in a new country. Read our more detailed analysis on Refugees in Numbers. Take a raft across the river with my two kids? Instead, refugees should be offered a safe place to live and opportunities to access work, education and health care. But border officials, pointing to Title 42, the public health rule that has restricted immigration since the beginning of the pandemic, sent them back to Mexico. Rapanui Unaccompanied minors waited in line to board a bus to the Border Patrol facility where the process would continue. At first, we slept in the park, me, my wife, and my two kids. COMAR officials said existing funding is insufficient even for basic operational expenses; they rely heavily on outside support. - Juana, 21, Honduras, When you enter that place, you lose your human rights. A persons legal status cannot express the full identity and personality of a refugee, asylum-seeker or migrant. H4URIQ}8e/E'tF. n}`rO^E?D289;L0|\0 Some people risk falling prey to human trafficking and other forms of exploitation. I want asylum. He asked me my name. A New York Times photographer documented three ways that people cross the border into the United States. Millions flee from armed conflicts or other crises or violence. On the bridge, the Mexican immigration agents made us wait for hours. If you do not see your language listed, you can request a translated version by calling 877-501-2233. Ana Maria Alvarado and her son, Kevin Alexander Avila, right, waiting to cross the border with an exemption from Title 42. Maybe they will only move as far as the next village or city. Restore access to asylum at the US border. They often face discrimination, and struggle to find work and housing. The Summit of the Americas is an opportunity for regional leaders, including presidents Biden and Lpez Obrador, to commit to a regional migration agreement that moves away from heavy-handed enforcement policies and towards protection and human rights.. A group of migrants who had tried to evade Border Patrol were apprehended before dawn. They said if I didnt pay they would kill us. Three were from Mexico, two from Honduras. Slovenian Some people end up feeling alone and isolated because they have lost the support networks that most of us take for granted our communities, colleagues, relatives and friends. officials, lawyers and nonprofit groups that assist asylum seekers, according to asylum lawyers and officials with the Department of Homeland Security. The vast majority of migrants cross into the United States at spots between official ports of entry, walking over the border or wading, swimming or floating across the Rio Grande, almost always under the watch of cartel-approved guides hired in Mexico.
But they wanted more money than I earned; I had no way to pay. COMAR can also grant a legal status called complementary protection to anyone who does not qualify as a refugee but cannot be safely returned to a home country. There is no internationally accepted legal definition of a migrant. Kurmanji In 2021, COMAR received applications from 130,863 people and resolved or closed just 38,000. The landlord told me the building doesnt allow foreigners; its written in the lease. Nearly half of all asylum applicants in Mexico in 2021 were Haitians. In some cases, efforts to apprehend undocumented migrants have led to serious violence and even deaths. Within a few weeks, appointments were booked until the end of the year. Eighty-one percent said their children were not enrolled in schools, as they did not intend to stay in Tapachula. Another agent yelled, Kneel! US President Joe Biden has continued many of former president Donald Trumps abusive anti-immigration policies, including pressuring Mexico to stop migrants from reaching the US and blocking access to asylum at the US southern border through policies like Title 42 and Remain in Mexico. Under Mexican and international law, anyone has the right to apply for refugee status and have their claim heard by appropriate authorities. There are about 26 million refugees globally. HV[oJ~G? The US should restore access to asylum at its border and stop pressuring Mexico to crack down on migration. French COMAR also provides applicants a temporary national ID number, needed to work and access services. The findings are consistent with previous Human Rights Watch work, conducted in 2015 and 2020, which found that the immigration agency pressured migrants not to claim refugee status or to abandon claims and illegally expelled some, including children, who feared for their lives in their home countries. Outsourcing US immigration enforcement to Mexico has led to serious abuses and forced hundreds of thousands to wait in appalling conditions to seek protection, said Tyler Mattiace, Americas researcher at Human Rights Watch. Mexicos refugee system has been overwhelmed by the enormous growth in applicants. Most wait many months for their applications to be reviewed and to receive documents proving their legal status and allowing them to leave. One of the busiest crossing points in the Rio Grande Valley is in Roma, Texas, a historic town of about 11,000, with parts that sit atop sandstone bluffs overlooking the Rio Grande. COMAR officials say most Haitians do not qualify as refugees, since many previously had legal status in Chile or Brazil and do not cite disturbed public order as a reason for leaving Haiti. Traditional Chinese At times, some have been invited by Customs and Border Protection officials to walk across pedestrian bridges from Mexico by far the safest and most orderly route. Turkish Refugee, migrant and asylum-seeker are only temporary terms; they do not reflect the whole identity of women, children and men who have left their homes behind to start a new life in a new country. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Aging and Long-Term Support Administration (ALTSA), Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA), Facilities, Finance and Analytics Administration (FFA), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Translations for DSHS Application for Cash of Food Assistance, EA-Z manual entry for Refugee Cash Assistance, Housing and Essential Needs (HEN) Referral Program, Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities (HWD) Program, Aged, Blind or Disabled Cash Assistance Program, Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance. Those who cross Mexicos southern border fleeing violence and persecution struggle to obtain protection, face serious abuses and delays, and are often forced to wait for months in inhumane conditions near Mexicos southern border while struggling to find work or housing. As of April, the INM said it had transferred more than 50,000 people since November 2021 to 24 states. Support programs by UNHCR and the Mexican government are insufficient. Once the agents have processed everyone, the migrants are bused to a Customs and Border Protection facility where they wait in more lines and answer more questions. Immigration agents often harassed the COMDHSM staff at the border, they said, attempting to prevent them from entering the immigration office or speaking to asylum seekers. Bengali For all but one of them, it was not their first time getting caught after crossing the border. Applicants are not allowed to leave the state while their application is pending, even if they have a humanitarian visa. Like being on the street without a single cent. Slovak Its really hard. Oriya They reported the incident to the National Human Rights Commission, which urged the immigration agency to ensure their safety. No one tried to sneak away; everyone remained quiet. QrLKTv 9= {i(?sZ1diGskUq1gWboH0@>*e_kqQqIB\,9mnEQf%YR4Jn dK&bz7r2En[>ey,dmWep0nEePv[{NTjNzy;}=BrQQ)I:ToQ#k N@I-T,_ $:I 2Ts/ZgV J"|i;.HVoX6d>*Zj Border Patrol agents in Roma, Texas, looking out over a section of the Rio Grande where migrants wade across from Mexico every night. Indonesian Uzbek Border Patrol agents refer to them as got-aways. The Biden administration has estimated that some 389,000 undocumented migrants avoided apprehension between October 2020 and September 2021. Haitian Bosnian Around half said they could not afford to buy medicines and 40 percent said they did not know how to access medical treatment. When we got here, we didnt know what to do. Recognized refugees are exempt from visa application fees. This is a common and well-documented practice by soldiers. Soldiers patrolled the stadium. The agency later sent the groups a letter saying it had instructed staff at the border to follow its code of conduct.
And they brought me to talk to the consul. Place representatives at border crossings and points of entry to facilitate protection for those requiring it. Human Rights Watch also spoke to the Human Rights Monitoring and Observation Collective for Southwest Mexico (COMDHSM), a collective of migrants rights groups that helped some of the migrants.
Kurdish The International Organization for Migration began a pilot program in 2022 to help families in Tapachula who do not qualify as refugees obtain legal status, relocate to central Mexico, and find work and housing there. Others said agents used poor conditions in detention as a deterrent, saying they would spend months in detention if they sought refugee status. Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard has expressed similar sentiments publicly. While neither government officials nor migrants rights groups know how many migrants are waiting in Tapachula, a city of just over 350,000, the 90,000 refugee status applications made there in 2021 suggest the number is high. Most applied for refugee status once in Mexico. Some said they were instructed to sign voluntary return documents without reading them. Refugee status applications and migrant apprehensions in Mexico have risen dramatically as US President Joe Biden has continued restricting access to asylum at the US southern border, and pushed Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador to heavily regulate travel to and within Mexico in order to prevent non-Mexican migrants from reaching the US. In early May, a mother and daughter from Honduras were at the camp when they learned that they were among a group chosen to cross into the United States.
We went to the bridge. Financial support programs provided by UNHCR and the government for refugee status applicants fail to reach many who need help. Bulgarian -Ximena, 31, Honduras, I was a taxi driver in Honduras. COMAR funding has not kept pace. They said: sign quickly, fingerprint quickly, and you couldnt read what you were going to sign. COMAR has determined that Salvadorans, Hondurans, and Venezuelans come from countries where these conditions are prevalent. Governments should never force anyone to go back to a country where they are at risk of human rights violations. Others continue to wait months for appointments in Tapachula. More information on RCA benefits is also available at the EA-Z manual entry for Refugee Cash Assistance. The rest of our family would have to stay in Guatemala. This also happens at other locations along the border, often the result of direct communication between local C.B.P. Like all of us, they are complex and unique human beings and might choose to identify themselves as being from a certain country or region, belonging to a group that speaks a certain language or shares a culture. ` _ endstream endobj startxref 0 %%EOF 275 0 obj <>stream Those found to have done so by immigration agents are considered to have abandoned their application and can be detained and deported. The INM issued temporary humanitarian visas to about 50,000 Haitians in 2021. About 70 percent said they did not have a national ID number, which is required to be seen at public hospitals. Thai Certain resources, such as the first $10,000 of value in a vehicle used by the assistance unit or household as transportation, are exempt. However, COMAR rarely receives refugee status claims from apprehended migrants, according to official statistics. We condemn any policies and practices that undermine the rights of people on the move. -Israel, 24, Nicaragua, We left Honduras because a drug cartel kicked us off our farm. Soon, they registered with the shelter in Reynosa, which keeps a database of all the migrants who come through it. There are also many migrants who manage to sneak across the border and evade detection. I cant leave Tapachula. The agents are legally prohibited from turning away anyone with a refugee status claim or anyone whose life would be at risk upon return to their home country. They are required to allow them into Mexico and to forward their requests to COMAR.
But most enter Mexico irregularly, even those intending to seek refugee status. They didnt give you any medicine. Make it simpler and less costly for those already eligible for legal status in Mexico to apply for and receive it without applying for refugee status. UNHCR short-term cash assistance for vulnerable people, of US $100-300 per month for up to three months, reaches about 100 households each week. The Chiapas secretary of education confirmed that just over 1,000 non-North American students were enrolled in Tapachula public schools in the 2020-2021 school year. No. Zulu. Others might want to join relatives or friends who are already living abroad. UNHCR pays for many basic operating costs, including two-thirds of staffs salaries. A migrant camp known as Senda De Vida in the Mexican city of Reynosa, across the river from McAllen, Texas, has been full for months. Most of those entering the southern border are Black, brown, and Indigenous people from Central America and the Caribbean who lack visas to enter Mexico. Cross a border illegally? Malayalam An asylum-seeker is a person who has left their country and is seeking protection from persecution and serious human rights violations in another country, but who hasnt yet been legally recognized as a refugee and is waiting to receive a decision on their asylum claim. Macedonian Ive gone through lots of situations that Ive never had to deal with before. We campaign for governments to properly process the asylum claims of asylum-seekers so that they dont leave themin limbo sometimes even locked away in detention centres for years. Others are forced to flee persecution or human rights violations such as torture. But right now we cant leave Tapachula. She told us You have two options here: deportation or COMAR. Many people feel overwhelmed by the numbers and see people moving across borders as a global crisis. In September, immigration agents were filmed kicking and beating families in a migrant caravan. Hector Silva, the pastor who runs the camp, preparing to take asylum seekers to the border. In May, the INM told us it had more than doubled its capacity in Chiapas in an effort to reduce wait times and could now receive 1,110 applications per day, up from 468. COMAR officials have acknowledged Haitians cannot be safely returned, but COMAR rarely grants complementary protection to any applicants, including Haitians.
Southern Sotho Regional Refugee law instruments (including 1969 OAU Convention, 1984 Cartagena Declaration, Common European Asylum System and Dublin Regulation). I just want to leave Chiapas and be somewhere safer. Mongol Tajik -Emiliano, 51, Venezuela, Difficulties Accessing Protection at the Border. Work with the International Organization for Migration to expand the pilot program to help non-refugees obtain legal status and integrate in cities in Central Mexico. Mexico should ensure that COMAR is properly funded and that asylum seekers are able to make claims at border crossings and from detention centers. Moldavian Rundi I have some friends in Monterrey [in northern Mexico], so we wanted to go there. n(?/D)*:l8\iG+nl)tyFG@l?HAHH:HWfgF:)^?#F+MgO$h)i/Yf]fMp=E8_8"?YkV(zFsvs|UE)19lP%! We also want to see migrants being protected from exploitation and abuse by their employers or by traffickers. Stop pushing Mexico to prevent migrants from reaching the US border, and collaborate with Mexico and other governments to create a holistic regional plan for access to protection and safe, dignified migration. -Ximena, 31 Honduras, Forced to Wait in Poor Conditions in Tapachula. Parents made faces at their children to elicit smiles, as the wait stretched into the early hours of the morning. Residents of the camp volunteered to move a temporary building and help set up a new location to accomodate more people. It is important to understand that, just because migrants do not flee persecution, they are still entitled to have all their human rights protected and respected, regardless of the status they have in the country they moved to. Without a visa, they are usually not allowed to travel. Unless noted otherwise, the cases are based on the direct testimony of interviewees. *X#cB-GlPq[R`@D-srD OZ=_ Od0cN!czOx _FBBbSAjqOd9= t,EPCo(WepeilYexj`fl'bz9ntR!F!&po%&He^TE6Wt@%"tQ/mhTp They gave border agents whatever form of identification they were carrying and put their belongings including shoelaces, belts, watches and smartphones into plastic bags.
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-Emiliano, 51, Venezuela, The day after I was detained, the immigration agent came and said we all had to sign our deportation papers. There are many reasons why people around the globe seek to rebuild their lives in a different country. Albanian Officials are prohibited from returning people to a country where their life would be threatened or they would be at risk of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, regardless of whether they intend to apply for refugee status in Mexico.Mexicos refugee system is overseen by COMAR, a much smaller agency than the INM, which oversees all other immigration issues, including enforcement.
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