Mexican federal immigration authorities say they have cleared one of Mexico City’s largest downtown tent encampments of migrants. The National Immigration Institute said Thursday the migrants had been forced to pay bribes of between $12 and $35 for the right to pitch a tent in the tightly-packed space.
FILE - Haitian migrants camp out at Giordano Bruno plaza in the Juarez neighborhood of Mexico City , May 18, 2023. Federal immigration authorities said Thursday, June 6, 2024, they cleared the tent encampment, one of the largest in the city’s downtown. MEXICO CITY — Mexican federal immigration authorities said Thursday they have cleared one of Mexico City ’s largest downtown tent encampments of migrants.
Most of the 432 migrants at the camp had some sort of visa allowing them to remain in Mexico, and simply agreed to leave. There were also some Mexican people at the camp, presumably homeless persons. There used to be an office of the Mexican Commission on Refugee Aid, COMAR, nearby, but that office was closed on May 29.
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