«Migration will continue“Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry told the UN General Assembly on Saturday, reminding the United States, about the shock of the images of the refoulement of Haitian immigrants at the American-Mexican border, that they were built thanks to migrants. “In recent days, the images of the treatment of several of my compatriots on the border between Mexico and the United States have shocked more than one“Said the Haitian official in a pre-recorded video speech.
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Several tens of thousands of migrants, mostly Haitians, have arrived since early September at the border between Mexico and the United States. This massive influx and the treatment suffered by some migrants, pushed back by members of the border police on horseback as they crossed the river separating the two countries, has brought an avalanche of criticism to the administration of Joe Biden, considered inhuman. from the left and lax from the right.
«Without wanting to challenge the right of a sovereign state to control the access of foreigners to its territory, or to send back to their country of origin those who enter it illegally, we believe that many countries today prosperous were built by successive waves of migrants and refugees», Underlined the Prime Minister.
«This migrant problem should remind us that human beings, fathers and mothers, will always flee misery and conflicts, and seek to offer better living conditions to their offspring.“, He continued, before warning for the future of border problems. “Migration will continue as long as there are areas of prosperity on our planet while the majority of the world population lives in precariousness, sometimes extreme, with no prospect of a better life.», He clarified.
According to him, “to find a lasting solution to the migration problem, we must tackle the root causes of human displacement». «I call on the international community to urgently strengthen measures to improve living conditions in countries providing political or economic refugees.», Launched the Haitian Prime Minister.
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