Deportations Hit
Guatemalan Economy
Guatemala stopped
receiving about us$100
million dollars last
year for deportation of
over 113,000 Guatemalans
from Mexico to the US,
according to a report
published here on
Monday.
The document from the
International
Organization for
Migration (IOM) says
Mexican authorities have
repatriated 90,000
Guatemalan and the US
over 23,000 in 2007.
Unsent remittances by
those citizens to their
families caused
difficulties for the
latter to buy food and
other products, said
IOM's administrative and
operation official
Victor Lozano.
According to estimates,
one third of the 13
million Guatemalans live
thanks to the funds sent
by their relatives from
abroad.
For the official from
that UN entity the most
worrying is the lack of
programs in Guatemala
aimed at reintegrating
repatriate and makes
them abandon the idea of
going back to the north.
IOM official also
regretted the unequal
transference of human
resources since between
25,000 and 30,000 highly
qualified professionals
in engineering,
architecture or
medicine, are working in
other areas in United
States.
That means that another
nation enjoys our
training costs, said
Lozano to the daily news
21st Century.
Migrant Rights'
Organizations warned
that the number of
fellow citizens
repatriated from United
States could reach
40,000 this year, facing
intensification of
policies against people
without identification
papers. |
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