In Honduras, at least 4 immigrants, including 2 children, have died trying to reach the United States in the last 11 months.denounced the National Commissioner for Human Rights in the Central American country this Tuesday. The dead – including 2 children 11 months and 1 year old – came from Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Haiti, the agency said in a statement.
The latest victim, a 1-year-old Brazilian boy from Haitian parents, was reported on June 1 and the cause of death was dehydration, according to the Human Rights Commissioner. On March 4, the death of a Cuban woman was recorded after suffering a heart attack at a hospital in the department of El Paraíso on the border with Nicaragua. A 35-year-old Haitian man died of stomach cancer at a hospital in El Paraíso on August 21, 2021, while his family continued north to reach the United States. The fourth victim was reported on 13 November 2021 and was an 11-month-old Chilean boy who allegedly died of dehydration, according to official information.
Blanca Izaguirre, head of the human rights agency, urged Honduran authorities to provide a “response” to the migration crisis facing the municipalities of Danlí and Trojes (El Paraíso) to support the hundreds of migrants crossing these areas. I approve of this The “duty” of the State of Honduras is to guarantee the human rights of every immigrant. and provide them with humanitarian aid and medical care.”
The Danlí and Trojes areas in eastern Honduras have become new routes in recent months, used by immigrants, particularly from Africa, Cuba and Haiti, to continue on their way to the United States. According to official data, between mid-March and May this year, about 26,800 immigrants They entered Honduras via Danli and Trojes from Angola, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cuba, China, Ecuador, Ghana, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Somalia and Venezuela.
Izaguirre urged Honduran President Xiomara Castro on Saturday to approve a legislative decree exempting immigrants entering the country irregularly from paying a $200 fine. The human rights organization conducts “continuous monitoring” in El Paraíso to “ensure respect for the people who make up mixed migration flows, especially those in vulnerable conditions”. According to the office of the National Commissioner for Human Rights in El Paraíso, About 500 immigrants of different nationalities enter Honduras every day.