In a joint statement, diplomats from ten nations in Latin America and the Caribbean considered the measure to be incompatible with human rights; statement does not directly mention the United States or Trump
Diplomats from ten countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Brazil, expressed “serious concern” at the announcement of a a measure they consider incompatible with human rights, according to a joint statement published this Friday (17). This position, which does not attribute such a measure to any country, is an allusion to the announcement by the president-elect of the United States, who promised to order the largest foreigner deportation operation in the history of this nation, after he takes office next Monday (20).
“The announcements of mass deportation are a cause for serious concern, particularly because of their incompatibility with the fundamental principles of human rights and because they do not effectively address the structural causes of migration,” states the statement, released by the Foreign Ministry. . The document calls on all countries in the hemisphere to act in accordance with international law, human rights and national legislation to manage migration “with a humanistic approach, especially in the face of the threat of mass deportations”.
“We reaffirm that all migrants, regardless of their migratory status, have fundamental and inalienable rights, and that all States are obliged to respect, protect them and seek to adopt measures for their full realization”, adds the declaration, which contains 14 points. The signatory countries – Brazil, Belize, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela, almost all of which send migrants – also commit to “defending the human rights of all migrants”. This includes “rejecting their criminalization at all stages of the migration cycle” and “protecting them as a priority from transnational organized crime that profits from migration”, adds the document.
The joint statement also suggests resuming meetings on migration of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) with the aim of having “a broad space for discussing proposals” to address this issue. The regional meeting on “Human Mobility on the Northern Route of the Continent” was called by Mexico following an initiative by President Claudia Sheinbaum and her Honduran counterpart Xiomara Castro, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
*With information from AFP
Posted by Victor Oliveira
