Haiti - FLASH : Mexico denies being racist towards Haitians
The Ministry of the Interior, through the National Institute of Migration (INM), specifies that the Mexican Government "is neither racist nor criminal" vis-à-vis the foreign population which enters and passes through the national territory in the context of migration and even less vis-à-vis people of Haitian origin, as some people of this nationality suggest on social networks.
the INM specifies that the care and services provided to the migrant population of Haiti, as to other nationalities, have been permanent and have never ceased, despite the health emergency linked to the Covid-19 pandemic on Mexican territory...
In the case of foreigners of Haitian origin, the Ministry of the Interior specifies that from January 1 to September 8, 2020, it issued 4,061 regular residence cards through the representative office of the INM in Chiapas: 730 in January ; 726 in February; 213 in March; 337 in April; 427, in May; 308 in June; 571 in July and August and the first eight days of September 749. In the State of Baja California, 234 visitor cards were authorized for humanitarian reasons during the same period.
