Cubans occupied second place in terms of broadcasting Permanent Work Cards in Mexico, a country that issued 955 documents in 2021.
The figure represents an increase of 84% compared to 2020, the year the Covid-19 pandemic began, and 239% compared to 2019, according to an analysis of the digital portal Bloomberg Line based on official data.
Cuba is only behind Venezuela, To whose migrants Mexico issued 1,797 cards last year, 44% more than in 2000 and 239% more than in 2019.
Third place is occupied by Colombians, with 903 permanent resident cards issued in 2021. This nationality could occupy first place in the coming years, if it is taken into account that in 2021 they were the ones that acquired the most Temporary Work Cards (1,963 documents ), which last 1, 2 and 3 years, before becoming Permanent.
In total, during 2021, 6,108 identification cards were released. permanent resident to work for Latin American migrants, 58% more than in 2020 and 127% more than in 2019.
Likewise, they benefited from the total issuance of 7,423 temporary resident cards to work for nationals from 16 Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic Cuba Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
"The issuance of work permits accelerated last year" by 71% compared to 2020 despite the fact that "the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador toughened its immigration policy with Central America to prevent the passage of migrant caravans seeking to reach the United States." United," the media stressed.
The increase in permanent residences for Cubans contributes new figures to the migratory exodus from the island. Although these figures would correspond to people who left the Caribbean nation 4 years ago (time required for permanent residence), this could rise soon after the closure of borders in the United States, which would leave thousands of people stranded in the country of the Aztecs. people.
More than 8,400 Cubans have requested asylum in Mexico so far in 2022, a figure that in just four months exceeded the total number of applicants for all of 2021 (8,298 applications), the government reported.
López Obrador recently visited Havana to analyze the immigration issue with his ally Miguel Díaz-Canel, but the stay on the island ended without a final statement on the crisis, which ultimately falls on Mexico. The agreements in this regard are unknown.
On the southern and northern borders of Mexico there are thousands of Cubans trying to reach the United States, the recipient of the majority of the island's migrants. The number of detainees by the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP) marked a new record of almost 35 thousand in April.
The amount is higher than the 16,550 in February and more than 32,000 in March, which made Cuba the second country in the number of irregular immigrants that arrived in the United States last month, only behind Mexico.
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