Waves of migrants fleeing poverty, insecurity and lack of jobs in Honduras could be arriving in the city of Tapachula, Chiapas, to settle down as a second option for a better life for their family when the possibility of reaching the United States closes.
According to Luis García Villagrán, director of the organization Dignificación Humana, by February or March 2025, between 70 and 90 thousand migrants of various nationalities, mainly from Venezuela and Honduras, could be stranded in Tapachula after the United States closes its borders and asylum programs.
Migrants see Mexico as a new destination
Ismania Platero, an independent activist from Honduras, announced that some 250 thousand internally displaced people due to violence in that Central American country are considering the possibility of emigrating to Mexico because humanitarian aid organizations are in the red and there is no work in their country, in addition to insecurity and the forced recruitment of young people into gangs.
García Villagrán considered that this border point could collapse because it does not have the infrastructure to receive so many foreigners who see Mexico as a second option.
He indicated that if Mexico gives migrants the possibility of staying, it would have to offer housing, school for their children and well-paid work for at least three months, and then give them the possibility of relocating to other cities such as Guadalajara, Aguascalientes, Monterrey, Tijuana, Querétaro, among others.
Mexico does not have it easy and even less so Chiapas, since there is talk of the deportation of 85 thousand Chiapanecos from the United States, who will return to their communities. “This will cause some calls for attention for the economy of Chiapas due to remittances, but the state Congress or the government do not appear to be taking measures. The Mexican State must already define those public policies appropriate for the contingency that is coming,” he said.
Source: eluniversal
