Safety and human dignity for migrants

The Human Rights Center Fray Bartolomé (Frayba) joint forces with the organization Mesoamerican Voices, Action with Migrant Peoples (Mesoamerican Voices) to organize the forum "Life and Memory of Our Peoples: Festival of the Word", with exhibitions on the problem's that migrants face in Mexico. We consider this important because when visibility decreases, the migrant's vulnerability increases.

The Forum served as a platform for organizations working with migrants in the North and South of Mexico. There were organizations present working with migrants or with families of migrants who have disappeared, like United Forces for Our Disappeared in Coahuila and Mesoamerican Voices. Also present was CIMICH, a grassroots organization working directly with migrants and families of migrants who have returned or who were deported. Organizations that work in Chiapas assisting migrant caravans in the Southern states of Mexico explained the current situation, one that is getting bleaker, now that Mexico has send 6,000 National Guard agents to the Mexican - Guatemalan border to stop migration.

Moreover, as part of the project to improve the safety and human dignity for migrants, Frayba has sent private interventions to the responsible authorities to attend the needs of migrants passing through Mexico.