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Until last year more than 3,000 children were separated from their families because Donald Trump's administration implemented "Zero Tolerance" toward immigrants.
Despite the fact that the General Law on the Rights of Girls, Boys and Adolescents states in article 84 that in no case may boys or girls be detained, detained or deprived of their freedom.
Pressia Arifin-Cabo, Deputy Representative France Mobile Number List of UNICEF in Mexico, says that they hope to resolve the immigration situation of these people, so that they continue their passage through the country, since until now, "they have conditions very similar to those of a prison." and the presence of infants has been detected.
“In the immigration station in Tapachula, there is a division between men and women, the children are with women, but there is nowhere to go out, there is not much space, the children cannot play, do activities, or go to school; So they are not appropriate conditions for children, and it is also a violation of their rights ,” explained Arifin-Cabo in an interview with Forbes Mexico.
Only in the first five months of the year, the entry of 7,944 migrants was registered, of which 22,263 are girls, boys and adolescents, that is, 29% of them, according to data from the organization and the National Institute of Migration (INM).
In Mexico, the authorities have the obligation to notify the DIF or the Federal Attorney for the Protection of Girls, Boys and Adolescents, so that an evaluation of their needs can be carried out and they can be channeled to shelters where they receive them, and even seek to reunify them with their families in case they are not accompanied.
“We are finding children in immigration stations that should not detain children. Immigrating is not a crime, it is an administrative offense and there is no reason to put children in immigration stations.”
The majority of children and adolescents who cross the southern border of Mexico under an irregular immigration situation do so to escape the poverty and violence that exists in their country of origin, warned the Unicef member.
Despite the fact that the General Law on the Rights of Girls, Boys and Adolescents states in article 84 that in no case may boys or girls be detained, detained or deprived of their freedom.
Pressia Arifin-Cabo, Deputy Representative France Mobile Number List of UNICEF in Mexico, says that they hope to resolve the immigration situation of these people, so that they continue their passage through the country, since until now, "they have conditions very similar to those of a prison." and the presence of infants has been detected.
“In the immigration station in Tapachula, there is a division between men and women, the children are with women, but there is nowhere to go out, there is not much space, the children cannot play, do activities, or go to school; So they are not appropriate conditions for children, and it is also a violation of their rights ,” explained Arifin-Cabo in an interview with Forbes Mexico.
Only in the first five months of the year, the entry of 7,944 migrants was registered, of which 22,263 are girls, boys and adolescents, that is, 29% of them, according to data from the organization and the National Institute of Migration (INM).
In Mexico, the authorities have the obligation to notify the DIF or the Federal Attorney for the Protection of Girls, Boys and Adolescents, so that an evaluation of their needs can be carried out and they can be channeled to shelters where they receive them, and even seek to reunify them with their families in case they are not accompanied.
“We are finding children in immigration stations that should not detain children. Immigrating is not a crime, it is an administrative offense and there is no reason to put children in immigration stations.”
The majority of children and adolescents who cross the southern border of Mexico under an irregular immigration situation do so to escape the poverty and violence that exists in their country of origin, warned the Unicef member.