In November, US border agents encountered 82,000 migrants of those nationalities at the border with Mexico, according to government data.
The Mexican government agreed to receive migrants who entered the United States illegally at a rate of 30,000 per month, which implies 360,000 migrants during the year.
“The foregoing has negative implications for the Mexican labor market, so it will be key for the government to promote conditions that allow the creation of jobs and thus be able to absorb the arrival of people of working age. It should be remembered that in Mexico the The informality rate is high and stands at 55.17% and 7.59% is under-employed and together they represent 62.76% of the employed in Mexico or close to 37 million people,” indicated an analysis by Grupo Financiero Banco Base.
The entry of 360,000 migrants a year It is equivalent to 47.8% of the formal jobs registered in the IMSS created in 2022. In 2022, almost 750,000 formal jobs were created in the country, the third best mark since registration was held. Therefore, absorbing the arrival of people of working age represents a challenge for the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Flow of dollars to foster integration
The United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, announced that his government will send an additional 23 million dollars to its partners in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean to support migrants in emergencies, as well as promote their integration. In addition, he announced that the US government will seek to increase the number of refugees it receives, victims of persecution.
