Mexico and Venezuela start campaign to return refugees

Mexico City. Mexico and Venezuela announced on Saturday that they had resumed flights to repatriate Venezuelan refugees to Mexico. This step has been taken to prevent people from entering America in large numbers.

Authorities say at least 10,000 refugees are arriving at the US-Mexico border each day, the vast majority of whom are seeking asylum. The decision to restart return flights came as caravans of thousands of mainly Venezuelans moved through southern Mexico this week. The repatriation flights are part of an agreement reached between regional leaders at a summit in Mexico in October to find solutions to migration.

Mexico’s Foreign Ministry said the two countries began the repatriation with one flight on Friday and another on Saturday. It is an effort to “strengthen cooperation on migration issues”. The Mexican government said it had operated a similar flight with 110 people on January 20. Due to the large number of refugees arriving at the border in recent years, the US government has put pressure on Latin American countries to stop refugees from moving towards the northern border.

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