Haiti on Friday opened a consulate in the southern Mexican border city of Tapachula in a bid to help manage migration, Mexico's government said, amid a steep increase in Haitians attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico frontier this year.
Migrants, mostly Haitians, wait in line for asylum processing by Mexico's Commission for Refugee Assistance outside a soccer stadium in Tapachula, Mexico October 18, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Torres/File Photo
MEXICO CITY, Nov 19 - Haiti on Friday opened a consulate in the southern Mexican border city of Tapachula in a bid to help manage migration, Mexico's government said, amid aThe opening of the consulate near the Guatemalan border is part of efforts between the governments of Mexico and Haiti to look after migrants from the Caribbean nation inside Mexican territory, the Mexican government said in a statement.
The rise in the number of Haitians making their way through Mexico has been spurred by economic malaise, a devastating earthquake and political turmoil following the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in July.
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