Buckling under surging asylum applications and the lowest budget in years, Mexic...
MEXICO CITY - Buckling under surging asylum applications and the lowest budget in years, Mexico’s tiny refugee agency has turned to the United Nations for help opening three new offices across the country starting next month, its director said on Tuesday.
The increase is a result of a surge in people leaving Central America, along with Cuba and countries further afield. “Our central issue is a concern with resources - we are fighting for them, we are struggling for them - but we can’t self-finance, we don’t have the capacity in our hands alone to revolve this,” said Ramirez.
The new offices would double COMAR’s current number. Ramirez said the UNHCR support included the secondment of about 30 people to supplement COMAR’s 48-person staff nationwide.The budget cuts complicate Mexico’s ability to absorb asylum seekers as it emerges as a destination as well as a transit country. Mexico received tens of thousands of Central American refugees during the region’s Cold War conflicts.
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