TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Honduras today faces the deportation of thousands of immigrants from Mexico and the United States, amidst poverty and social insecurity.
According to official figures, more than 100,000 Hondurans were deported in 2019, in most cases from North America and other parts of the world such as Asia, Europe, Central and South America.
Despite the migration and asylum agreements with the United States, Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador, many Hondurans continue to seek better living conditions outside the country, and so far in 2020 the number of deportees has risen to more than 400.
According to criticisms of the 2020 state budget by the Liberty and Refoundation Party (LIBRE), the extent of the country’s crisis is shown in all indicators of the neoliberal model and in the pain of migrants.
In a document, LIBRE explains how six out of every ten Hondurans are openly unemployed or underemployed, and four out of every ten live in extreme poverty.
The social panorama for the Honduran people is unbearable and inhumane, after uncontrollable increases in the price of food and the high costs of public services such as electricity, education, health and transport.
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) defines Honduras as the poorest nation in the entire continent, a reality from which thousands of migrants try to escape every year. — NNN-PRENSA LATINA
