Mexico begins returning migrants seeking asylum in U.S.UPI, Jul 3, 2019
July 3 (UPI) -- The Mexican government on Tuesday began busing dozens of Central American migrants to their native countries, after they'd been forced to wait in Mexico while their U.S. asylum claims are being processed.
The 69 migrants from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador were bused from Ciudad Juárez Tuesday morning as the first group to participate in the Mexican government's "temporary program of voluntary return," the National Migration Institution said in a statement.
The migration institute said 66 migrants were returnees under the Trump administration's controversial "Remain in Mexico" policy, which was announced in December and will see tens of thousands of migrants wait out their processing claims in Mexico.
The Mexican government said it "will continue to provide support to foreigners who are in Mexico on a regular basis, in order to carry out the return to their countries of origin, if they so request."
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