Haitians arrive in Mexico from Chile

People from Haiti who are outside the Siglo XXI migration station at Tapachula, They badure that they came from Chile to look for jobs in Mexico, but by not having papers, finding a job was impossible.

After some excesses carried out by the migrants in this space, the immigration authorities decided to close the station 60 dayss, and they were not told about the possibility of granting them permits to legally travel to Mexico and get a job.

Dominic, a Haitian migrant who left the National Institute of Migration (MNI) for 22 days, He said that to travel to Mexico, he had traveled from Chile for two months to settle in Mexico. work and be close to your country.

"To come here from Chile where I was two years old, I went to Ecuador, then to Colombia and Panama, and it lasts eight days of walking in the jungle, "he said with a Spanish somewhat touched.

Dominic said that in the country of South America, he had worked for two years as a cook, a time when he did not spend a day without losing his family that was in Haiti.

"That's the reason why many Haitians come back from Chile, because it's a very cold country that does not pay well for its work and whose population is very racist with us, we lack a lot of respect", he added.

Dominic, like many Haitian migrants on the outskirts of the immigration camp, lthey left Mexico with their families and managed financially with what little they had left after the long journey and with sporadic money sent by their loved ones to Haiti.

Healing off his grandson who plays a reporter with the camera of a journalist who is in the esplanade of the offices of the INM, Germania She explained that to travel to Mexico from Chile, she and her husband spent about $ 4,000 (84 000 404.70 pesos, at the exchange rate of today).

"We traveled for two and a half months to get here, because we want to have a better life and find a job", he mentioned.

On the outskirts of the Institute of Migration, There are more than 200 people among Haitians, Cubans and people of different nationalities in Africa and Asia., who are waiting to obtain a humanitarian visa allowing them to move freely in the country.