As the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM) points out in relation to this tragedy, “the Mexican authorities are responsible for making greater efforts to care for migrants and to continue promoting dialog and transparent negotiation in bilateral relations, without falling into blackmail or threats”
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“Mexico is experiencing an unprecedented reality. According to the National Migration Institute (INM), it is estimated that in the first six months of this year the flow of migrants has already exceeded that recorded in 2018 by 232%, and around 360,000 undocumented people are scattered throughout the national territory or have already entered the US. The immigration system, both in our country and in the US, is failing, but there is also an urgent need to address the root causes of this migratory crisis, since the only ‘barrier’ that could stop the flow of migrants is economic, political, cultural and social development in their countries of origin”: this is what the editorial of the weekly “From the faith”, published by the Archdiocese of Mexico (Mexico City), says in its Sunday issue (07/07).
A broken immigration system
In the last few days, with the photo that went around the world of the tragic death of an immigrant father and his daughter as they tried to cross the Rio Grande, many institutions, Catholic and not, have commented on the phenomenon of international mobility as an undeniable consequence of a failed immigration system, whose inflexibility always leads more brothers and sisters to decide between their future or their lives.
The latest tragedy was recorded this Saturday, July 6, when the agencies reported the tragic end of a young migrant from Guatemala, who died in the Arizona desert.
A situation that cries out to heaven for justice
“The Church, in the USA and in Mexico, has clearly indicated that each of the brothers and sisters who suffer in the attempt to achieve the so-called ‘American dream’, cry out to heaven for justice, but also for human solutions for all those who have the legitimate desire to achieve better living conditions,” the text of the Mexican archdiocese's publication continues:
“The Church is concerned about the excessive concentration that is taking place in the southern and northern reaches of Mexico. It is a reality that some dioceses are overwhelmed by the number of migrants passing through their territory, with problems of exhaustion, dehydration, injury or aggression from organized crime and sometimes from the migratory authorities themselves. However, assistance is still given to the brothers in an organized way.”
Promoting dialog and transparent negotiation
As the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM) points out in relation to this tragedy, “the Mexican authorities are responsible for making greater efforts to care for migrants and to continue promoting dialog and transparent negotiation in bilateral relations, without falling into blackmail or threats.”.
Eradicating violence and improving local economies
“It is up to the US authorities to promote joint work with the governments of the Northern Triangle and the government of Mexico to eradicate violence and improve local economies, from which people are forced to emigrate.”
“It is up to all Mexicans - especially those who define themselves as Christians - to make an effort to eradicate xenophobia, to recognize and help families who are fleeing violence, persecution and extreme poverty, and who hope that in our country they will be treated with compassion and love, but above all with dignity,” the text concludes.
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