Mexico warns Venezuelan migrants to not kind caravans By Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s authorities on Saturday moved to discourage the formation of caravans by Venezuelan migrants, saying any who do won’t be eligible to enter the US underneath a brand new humanitarian scheme introduced this week.

Below a plan introduced on Wednesday, Washington mentioned it could grant as much as 24,000 Venezuelans humanitarian entry to the US by air, whereas enabling U.S. officers to expel to Mexico these caught attempting to cross illegally by land.

The plan is the most recent bid to curb report numbers of unlawful crossings on the Mexico-U.S. border fueled partially by a soar in Venezuelans getting into Mexico to attempt to attain the US.

On Friday morning a caravan of a number of hundred principally Venezuelan migrants shaped in southern Mexico, and although it later dispersed, a whole lot extra set off on Friday night in smaller teams additionally sure for the U.S. border.

The Mexican authorities’s Nationwide Migration Institute mentioned it could be in everlasting communication with U.S. border authorities, and warned Venezuelans planning to benefit from the scheme to enter the US to not kind caravans.

“It’s subsequently essential to notice that marching in a caravan or touring irregularly in Mexican territory cancels the method,” the institute mentioned in a press release.

To qualify for the U.S. program, Venezuelans will want to have the ability to safe a sponsor in the US upfront. Mexico’s authorities had already instructed Venezuelans to not proceed to the U.S. border earlier than making their functions.