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The Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance has issued a total of 3,342 humanitarian visitor cards to Cuban citizens.
Translating Cuba reports that data from the Ministry of the Interim show that 1,024 documents were issued in the state of Chiapas between January and June. The documents would allow migrants a regular residence, as well as “access to health, education, and employment services.”
But in Tapachula, nearly 13,000 Cubans remain stranded without this benefit. A Matanzas resident said, “I don’t see an end. Everyone asks for dollars. At Comar, to give you the interview, the lawyer, to speed up the process. I handed over money, and I still don’t have any documents.”
The migrant claims that the procedures in Mexico City are faster. A Venezuelan with whom he shared a home told him he gave 1,000 pesos ($54) to an agent and “they gave him the visa.” In Tapachula, he claims people have spent 40,000 pesos ($2,179).
Official figures indicate that 254 Cubans received humanitarian cards in the country’s capital, while in Puebla, out of 189 applications submitted to immigration offices,186 Cubans, only two Venezuelans, and one migrant from the Netherlands were granted humanitarian cards.
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