Central America is in a "migration storm," according to IOM

Tegucigalpa, Nov 28 (EFE), (Camera: Daniel Espinoza).- The situation of immigrants who cross Central America on their way to the US is "quite complex" because the region is in a "migration storm," according to the head of mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for Honduras and El Salvador, Nicola Graviano.

Statements by the head of mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for Honduras and El Salvador.

It is a rather complex situation at the moment because the region is in the middle of a migratory storm, a perfect storm in the sense that important migratory flows of different types are converging in this region. Honduras in particular is a country of origin, a country of transit, a country of return, a country also affected by internal displacement, so there is a bit of everything and the volume is quite high, especially this year.

While Honduras has received more than 154,000 people so far transiting through the country and looking for opportunities to migrate to other countries in the region and to the United States.

It is a complex situation, we are very concerned because irregular migration poses significant challenges for migrants, especially migrants in transit who find themselves in a situation of vulnerability and potential and real exploitation by groups of traffickers who take advantage of the situation, the desire, the aspirations, the needs of these migrants to exploit them and actually to break their rights.