Tapachula (Mexico) (EFE) from the Mexican authorities.
Mikel José Sánchez, a Venezuelan who is traveling with his wife and two children, reported that they do not have a roof or a place to take cover from the rains recorded in recent days, but they get wet to wait for care.
This migrant was engaged in business with his family, but with inflation and the political crisis he migrated to the United States.
“The saddest thing is that it rained, we don’t have a roof to cover the children, because there are many children and the reality is that in the afternoon it rains and they go to sleep with wet earth, like this mother who is here who has no what to cover their children ”, he exposed.
Number of migrants in Tapachula
Luis Rey García Villagrán, director of the Center for Human Dignification (CDH), indicated that his citizen organization has documented some 15,000 migrants stranded in Tapachula, who are suffering the ravages of the rainy season.
“The defenders of migrants are concerned about the weather situation, because there are many children who are getting sick and there are no one to help them. If there is no medical attention for Mexicans, even less for foreigners, ”he lamented.
The Chiapas State Civil Protection System alerted this Friday of the presence of heavy rains for the Soconusco, Metropolitan, Sierra and Tulija regions with rainfall of 75 to 150 millimeters.
The situation on the Mexican border
Under this scenario, another of the migrants, the Venezuelan Juliano Truisi, pointed out that the weather situation in Tapachula is “horrible” because there is a lot of rain and every day they get wet and feel too cold.
“What we ask is that you help us as quickly as possible. There must be a preventive measure for children so that they cannot get wet when there is rain,” she said.
The South American migrant established that the authorities should help them to improve their conditions while they await their procedures.
The situation mirrors the outlook at Mexico’s borders after the expiration last month of US Title 42. A measure that immediately expelled migrants on the grounds of the pandemic. Now superseded with Title 8 and increased restrictions on legal asylum.
The region faces an unprecedented migratory flow. With more than 2.76 million undocumented immigrants intercepted by the United States at the border with Mexico in fiscal year 2022.