Mexico Deports More
Guatemalans Than U.S.
Mexico City - Mexico
deported more illegal
Guatemalan migrants than
the U.S. in 2007 and
2008, according to
information reaching
here from Guatemala City
on Thursday.
In 2008, Mexico
repatriated 36,362
Guatemalans, a 26.5
percent reduction from a
year ago, while the
United States deported
27,929people, which
represented a 21 percent
increase, the General
Direction of Migration
from Guatemala (DMG)
said.
In 2007, Mexico deported
49,475 Guatemalans and
U.S. deported 23,062.
Analysts said despite a
reduction in 2008,
Mexico still deported
more Guatemalans than
the U.S., which showed
the Mexican government's
strong resolution to
take action against
illegal migrants from
Guatemala.
In 2008, Mexico deported
87,896 foreigners, among
whom 36,364 were
Guatemalans, accounting
for 41.37 percent.
Some 170,000 Guatemalans
arrive in Mexico each
year, in an attempt to
enter the U.S., DMG
authorities said.
In 2008, 21 percent of
illegal Guatemalan
migrants were detained
in Mexico and 16 percent
in the United States.
There are 1,200,000
Guatemalans living in
U.S., among whom 720,000
are illegal, the DMG
said. |
