The goal of the Safe Mobility Points is to “establish, register and discover out the explanations for irregular migration with a purpose to direct it by authorized routes”.
The Government of the United States has proposed this Monday to the Colombian authorities the set up of workplaces within the Darién Gap to manage the migratory stream from the south of the continent. The US Department of State has detailed that these are Safe Mobility Points whose goal is to “establish, register and discover out the explanations for irregular migration with a purpose to direct it alongside authorized routes”.
“It is about stopping dangers to those that intend to begin or proceed this irregular migration to the United States or different locations like Canada,” reads a press release, including that the administration of those amenities can be managed collectively by Washington and Bogotá.
The concept of the US authorities is to export the mannequin that can be established on the border between Colombia and Panama in order that these facilities can be put in in different international locations within the area.
“Colombia welcomes the initiative as it’s framed inside the tenor of the declaration on migration and safety agreed upon on the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, on June 10, 2022. It is a mechanism that ought to redound to the good thing about the migrant and their Human Rights”, the joint letter states.
The Darien Gap
The Darién Gap, the inhospitable jungle that separates Colombia from Panama, recorded the passage of just about 250,000 migrants and refugees in 2022, nearly double the 133,000 in 2021, a document quantity that skyrockets particularly within the case of Venezuelan residents. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) used this knowledge, collected by the Panamanian authorities, to warn in January of this 12 months that this route continues to be notably busy, although “many individuals have misplaced their lives or have disappeared.” by the way in which.
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