The National Migration Institute (INM) reported on Saturday that 126 Venezuelan migrants who lacked legal authorization to stay in the country were deported from Mexico.
According to a statement from INM, the 117 males and 9 women were unable to demonstrate their legitimate entry into Mexico. The migrants were taken to an airport where they boarded a flight early on Saturday morning after being transferred from an immigration post in the city of Tapachula, close to the Mexico-Guatemala border.
According to the institute, the INM has deported 343 migrants from Venezuela so far this year.
According to statistics from the United Nations, 6 million Venezuelans are thought to have departed the nation in recent years due to the economic crisis and rising insecurity. Some people have migrated north, while the majority have settled in other South American nations.
Despite expectations for a turnaround, a poll released on Friday revealed that Mexico’s manufacturing sector shrank in July as inflation impacted consumer demand for the nation’s goods following a protracted pandemic-driven depression.
The seasonally adjusted S&P Global Mexico Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 48.5 in July from 52.2 in June.
Since March 2020, Mexico’s PMI has remained below the 50-point cutoff that distinguishes growth from contraction, with the exception of a brief pause in May and June. In April 2020, during the initial implementation of the nation’s COVID-19 containment measures, it reached a record low of 35.0.
According to the report, July saw a decline in industrial orders and sales due to the drought, a shortage of inputs, and inflation.
For the first time in four months, the decline in industrial output also led to a little decline in employment.
According to Pollyanna De Lima, associate director of economics at S&P Global Market Intelligence, “Companies are now reporting concern over their financials, a factor which hampered input buying and led to the non-renewal of temporary contracts.”
