On January 17, the Foreign Ministers and heads of delegations from 10 Latin American countries issued a joint statement expressing deep concern over US President-elect Donald Trump's plan to deport large numbers of migrants.
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| Migrants pass through Huixtla, Mexico on their way to the United States on November 21, 2024. (Source: Getty) |
The online and in-person meeting was attended by diplomatic representatives from Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Venezuela, Belize, Brazil, El Salvador, Honduras and host Mexico.
The joint statement stated that mass expulsions of migrants are inconsistent with fundamental human rights principles and do not effectively address the root causes of migration. Representatives of the countries called on all countries in the region to act on the basis of domestic and international law, respect for human rights and adopt a humanitarian approach to managing migration.
In addition, the 14-point Declaration emphasizes that all migrants, regardless of their migration status, have fundamental and inalienable rights, and that all States have the obligation to respect and protect these rights, and to seek measures to fully realize them.
In the Declaration, 10 Latin American countries also agreed to cooperate to solve this problem at a meeting held the same day in the capital Mexico City.
The document addresses the rejection of criminalization at all stages of migration and the priority of protecting this group of people from transnational organized crime. Representatives of the 10 countries also propose to initiate meetings of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on migration to discuss solutions to the problem in greater depth.
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