Mexico rejects US-funded migrant transit centres
People who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the US from Mexico are lined up for processing by US Customs and Border Protection, September 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas
MEXICO’S president said on Tuesday that he rejected a request from the United States to set up migrant transit centres in his country.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (Amlo) said that he would prefer to have such centres in countries that are the sources of migration, despite the fact that a considerable number of migrants enter the US from Mexico.
Amlo said that he would raise the subject in a meeting of Latin American leaders later this month, suggesting the countries might agree to a common plan on such sites.
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