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Mexico, Central America Link COVID-19 Concerns with Undocumented Migration

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (AP) The Mexican government said Wednesday, January 13th, that it and 10 other countries in North and Central America are worried about the health risks of COVID-19 among migrants without proper documents.

The statement by the 11-member Regional Conference on Migration suggests that Mexico and Central America could continue to turn back migrants on the basis of the perceived risks of the pandemic.

The group “expressed concern over the exposure of irregular migrants to situations of high risk to their health and their lives, primarily during the health emergency.”

Over the last year, authorities . . .

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