Mexico all but empties official migrant shelters under coronavirus
APRIL 26, 2020 / 4:26 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has almost entirely cleared out government migrant shelters over the past five weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, returning most of the occupants to their countries of origin, official data showed on Sunday.
In a statement, the National Migration Institute (INM) said that since March 21, in order to comply with health and safety guidelines, it had been removing migrants from its 65 migrant facilities, which harbored 3,759 people last month.
In the intervening weeks, Mexico has returned 3,653 migrants to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador by road and air, with the result that only 106 people remain in the shelters, it said.
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There are dozens of other shelters run by a variety of religious and non-governmental organizations throughout the country that continue to harbor migrants.
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