MEXICO CITY, Jan 18 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Representatives of Latin American countries agreed on Friday to work together and on a single front on the migration issue at the end of a meeting on Human Mobility on the Northern Route of the Continent held in Mexico.
Convened in a hybrid format, the meeting was attended by ministers and heads of delegation from Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Venezuela, Mexico and Honduras, which holds the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
During the meeting, Mexican Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente stated that given the changes that are coming to one of the main destination countries for migration in the hemisphere, the nations of the region must be prepared to face the new challenges.
They must also do so jointly, adhering to international law, for the benefit of our people, the secretary added in a statement from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs.
The meeting takes place in a context marked by the arrival at the White House on January 20 of US President-elect Donald Trump, who threatens to carry out mass deportations, despite the proven contributions of migrant communities to that nation.
Participants in the meeting, which began on Thursday, acknowledged Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s leadership and her committed efforts to continue to manage the migration phenomenon more effectively.
De la Fuente reiterated that “migration cannot be seen as a problem, but as an extraordinarily complex phenomenon.”
“Under this human rights perspective, we are consolidating a regional model that can address the different phases and dimensions of the phenomenon. A model that is in a process of collective and dynamic construction, that is perfectible and flexible,” he added.
The Secretary of Foreign Relations and International Cooperation of Honduras, Eduardo Enrique Reina, was present at the meeting in person.
The foreign ministers of Colombia, Luis Gilberto Murillo; Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez; Guatemala, Carlos Ramiro Martínez; Haiti, Jean-Victor Harvel; and Venezuela, Yvan Gil, participated virtually. — NNN-PRENSA LATINA
