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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | April 2008 
Government Pledges Aid to Migrants Expelled From US
 Associated Press
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Tijuana, Mexico – Undocumented migrants deported from the United States will be eligible for free transportation back to their hometowns and other services under a new program launched by the Mexican government.
Migrants arriving in the city of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, will now be offered free tickets home, National Immigration Institute spokesman Raul Zarate said this week at a ceremony to launch the program. Previously, the government had offered to pay half the cost.
The government has also assigned 10 agents to help deportees find temporary shelter and medical care, said Francisco Javier Reynoso, the institute's delegate in Baja California state.
The steps are part of a pilot program that will be expanded next to Nogales, Sonora, on the border with Arizona. Officials did not disclose the program's budget but said various government agencies will contribute.
About 230,000 Mexicans were deported last year at the San Ysidro crossing on the Mexico-California border, Reynoso said.
Mexico's Remittances Down 2.8 Pct
Associated Press
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Mexico City - Mexicans living abroad are sending less money to relatives back home.
The Bank of Mexico says remittances totaled $3.4 billion in the first two months of 2008, down 2.8 percent from $3.5 billion in the same period last year.
The bank said this week on its Web site that it expects little or no growth in remittances this year after they rose 1 percent to a record $23.98 billion in 2007.
Remittances are the country's second-largest source of foreign currency inflows after oil exports. |
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