Mexico warns Venezuelan migrants to not type caravans By Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s authorities on Saturday moved to discourage the formation of caravans by Venezuelan migrants, saying any who do is not going to be eligible to enter the US beneath a brand new humanitarian scheme introduced this week.

Beneath a plan introduced on Wednesday, Washington stated it will grant as much as 24,000 Venezuelans humanitarian entry to the US by air, whereas enabling U.S. officers to expel to Mexico these caught making an attempt to cross illegally by land.

The plan is the newest bid to curb file numbers of unlawful crossings on the Mexico-U.S. border fueled partially by a leap in Venezuelans coming into Mexico to attempt to attain the US.

On Friday morning a caravan of a number of hundred largely Venezuelan migrants fashioned in southern Mexico, and although it later dispersed, tons of extra set off on Friday night in smaller teams additionally certain for the U.S. border.

The Mexican authorities’s Nationwide Migration Institute stated it will be in everlasting communication with U.S. border authorities, and warned Venezuelans planning to reap the benefits of the scheme to enter the US to not type caravans.

“It’s subsequently necessary to notice that marching in a caravan or touring irregularly in Mexican territory cancels the method,” the institute stated in a press release.

To qualify for the U.S. program, Venezuelans will want to have the ability to safe a sponsor in the US upfront. Mexico’s authorities had already instructed Venezuelans to not proceed to the U.S. border earlier than making their functions.