Riviera Maya, Q.R. — Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM) continues to coordinate flights with deported migrants from the United States. The flights land every Friday at the Tulum International Airport where the deported men and woman are met by INM (Instituto Nacional de Migración) officers.
According to State Secretary Cristina Torres Gómez, while they do not stay in the state of Quintana Roo, the state and federal governments provide support to return them to their places of origin.
Torres Gómez said last Friday, nearly 400 more deported migrants arrived in three flights at the Tulum airport. The coordinated landings have been going on for several months, she said.
She explained that the migrants receive support from institutions coordinated by the INM and the Ministry of the Interior of the Government of Mexico through a mechanism that includes medical care, food and support from the Ministry of Welfare.
“There were three flights and they have been happening every Friday for several months now coordinated by the National Migration Institute, Ministry of the Interior, in these last three last Friday 393 people arrived.
“There is a whole mechanism such as a welfare card, and medical attention so that these people have the opportunity to return to their places of origin,” she indicated.
She said that none of the registered migrants have been from Quintana Roo, which is why they do not stay in the state.
“None of them are from Quintana Roo, therefore, none of them stay. What we do is connect with their families to facilitate their return. This time they came from Puebla, Veracruz, Coahuila, Tijuana, State of Mexico, Oaxaca, Guerrero and Morelos,” she detailed.
Torres Gómez said her government serves as a link between migrants and their families.
