Warns Airlines and Travel Agents
US authorities lament the implementation of “permissive migration policies” by the Ortega-Murillo regime.
HAVANA TIMES – The Departments of State, Homeland Security, and the Treasury issued a joint alert to notify airlines, flight operators, travel agents, and service providers about “the ways in which migrant smuggling and human trafficking networks are exploiting legitimate transportation services to facilitate irregular migration to the United States,” particularly via Nicaragua.
“Migrants are increasingly using Managua as a landing point to continue their journey north by land,” they warn.
They also note that the United States has shared “intelligence information” with aviation entities “highlighting this trend and underscoring the need for stricter enforcement of airline policies regarding flights in and out of Managua.”
In the statement, they express that “the actions of the Nicaraguan Government are of great concern,” as President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo “have implemented permissive migration policies by design, creating opportunities for smuggling and trafficking networks to exploit migrants for profit.”
US authorities emphasized that the irregular migration exposes migrants, as well as service providers, to “greater security, economic, reputational, financial, logistical, and legal risks.”
[Despite the exploitation and risks involved migrants from many countries prefer to begin their land journey to the USA from Nicaragua than using the highly dangerous path crossing the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama, if they come from further south.]
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