Central America Raises Its Voice in Defence of Its Migrants - IPS ipsnews.net: "Spiralling violence against Central American migrants in Mexico has prompted legal reforms, diplomatic actions, and the creation of new mechanisms to protect citizens in this region.
'There has been an upsurge in violence against undocumented foreigners (in Mexico), starting with the massacre of 72 migrants in August in (the northeastern state of) Tamaulipas,' which triggered a series of steps taken in Central America, Flora Reynosa, in charge of migrants' rights in the Guatemalan human rights ombudsman's office, told IPS.
For example, Guatemala is pushing for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the tens of thousands of undocumented Guatemalans who are in the United States, while it is coordinating, with other countries of Central America and Mexico, investigations into the Tamaulipas massacre and other cases, Reynosa said."
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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