Over 20,000 Hondurans deported in 2023
- May 8, 2023
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So far this year immigration authorities from Mexico, USA, Central America and Europe deported To 20 thousand 479 migrants from Hondurasincluding 4 thousand 265 minorswho left the country,
So far this year immigration authorities from Mexico, USA, Central America and Europe deported To 20 thousand 479 migrants from Hondurasincluding 4 thousand 265 minorswho left the country, fleeing contexts violence And poverty.
According to data released National Institute for Migration (INM) Honduras, this country received between January and May 1 this year a total of 9 thousand 988 people deported from Mexicowhich implies decline belonging 38.6% compared to 16,255 deported during the same period in 2022.
Also, according to the same statistics, USA deported to 9 thousand 776 Hondurans detained while trying to enter irregular way the country which is decrease from 30.6% compared to 14,082 entries a year ago.
Data Tegucigalpathe most populous city in Honduras, indicates that about one million Hondurans live in the United States, some legal residents and others irregularly.
On the other hand, countries Central America they deported 557 citizens of Honduras during the same period of time, while 158 have been repatriated from at least 10 countries Latin America And Europepointed out by the same institution.
As for the quantity girls, boys and teenagers deportees, INM also reported a reduction from 8,167 in 2022 to 4,265 in 2023, representing decline belonging 47.8%.
In accordance with International Organization for Migration (OIM), every year thousands of Hondurans leave their country because of the poverty and violence there in search of Better conditions life in the USA. To them are added growing climate crisis, lack of work And family reunification.
On the other hand, Hondurans living abroad, mostly in the United States and SpainThey send Money transfers their families, who, according to Central Bank of Hondurasin 2022 they exceeded $8.6 million.
“We are seeing an increase in (people from) non-poor households participating in migration processes as a result of having ties with relatives in the United States receiving remittances, which increases possibility of migration“, – stressed in the IOM.
According to EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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