Migrants on hunger strike for 20 days against arbitrary act of the Institute of Migration

Adital
On hunger strike for twenty days, 11 migrants held in the State Centre for Social Reintegration of Adjudicated paragraph 3 (CERESO No. 3), located in the city of Tapachula (Chiapas - Mexico), calling for the withdrawal of charges of property damage to third parties part of the National Migration Institute (INM).
"They're visibly exhausted. We call on the authorities to this case does not end in a sad fact," says Fermina Rodriguez, director of the Center for Human Rights Fray Matias de Cordova, in an interview with Adital.

The prosecution is due to the riot that happened at the premises of the Twentieth Century Immigration Station (MS SXX), last May 3. INM agents arrived at the station and tried to take two Cuban migrants to transfer them in "an arbitrary act," said Fermina. The Cubans were waiting for a resolution of his asylum request.

The approach was in the cafeteria. When 40 people became aware of what happened, they tried to leave, but the paths were closed. Another 200 people were in the yard saw the barrier to entering the cafeteria, which sparked pushing against the gateway.
At that moment, nine migrants took to escape IN SXX minutes after six migrants who were seized, along with seven companions who were detained at the time of the overthrow of the door, were taken to Attorney General's Office, where they are accused, by the INM , for property damage. Since then, nine Cubans, a Guatemalan and a Dominican are without food.

According Fermina Rodriguez, this fact demonstrates the performance of the INM, as they do not respect "due process and access to information." The Center estimates that "the transparency of these processes would prevent the migrant population put at risk their physical integrity, including its life as a way to listen to and enforce their rights. "

Fermina explains that, specifically, in the case of Cubans, in addition to being a right, it is very important information when they are transferred or deported, which is not fulfilled by the INM, as they could get help from some human rights organizations to guide them or intervene. In Cuba, they could be sentenced for fleeing their country.

The director said it still does not know the situation of the Immigration Station twentieth century after the riot. The input of the members of the Centre was not authorized. "We require, including the National Commission on Human Rights, but had no response yet," he says.

Migration Law
On Tuesday (24), was enacted the law on migrant rights in Mexico. Fermina believes that new legislation will bring some improvements, although human rights organizations have not had a wide participation in proposing changes.
The Migration Act requires, among other things, that migrants are entitled to receive education and health services, plus access to the system of justice and attorney complaints of violations of their human rights, regardless of whether they are undocumented. "This is very different than it does the National Institute of Migration."

With local press reports.