- The Interministerial Commission for Comprehensive Migration Management (Ciaimm) presents book on the Mexican Model of Human Mobility
- The book showcases the Mexican Government's humanist migration management strategy and its results
- At the 11th Ciaimm meeting, the six working groups presented the actions taken to address migration
The Interministerial Commission for Comprehensive Migration Management (Ciaimm) held its 11th regular session yesterday at the Foreign Ministry. During the meeting, Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena Ibarra presented the book on the Mexican Model of Human Mobility, which outlines the Mexican Government's humanist migration management strategy and its results.
The model addresses the root causes of migration with a regional-hemispheric vision to ensure that migration is a choice rather than a necessity. It is based on four pillars of action: regularization and empowerment of the Mexican communities abroad; addressing structural causes through cooperation and the reduction of external factors; safe, orderly, and regular pathways for labor mobility; and coordinated actions for the humanitarian management of irregular migration.
At the session, heads of the ministries and agencies comprising the Commission's six working groups presented the actions taken to implement the Mexican Model of Human Mobility.
Group 1. Coordinated actions to manage irregular migration, chaired by Interior Secretary Luisa María Alcalde Luján, who highlighted the coordination between federal agencies. This has led more orderly migration, demonstrating what can be done in the next administration.
Key actions include establishing three security belts for migration in Mexico and the ongoing monitoring of routes, especially in the southeast; developing a strategy to combat human trafficking; liaising with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); and the work of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (Comar) to restore the concept of asylum for people who apply and truly want to remain in Mexico, thus better differentiating asylum applications.
She emphasized the administration’s intense focus on migration. "We’ve held a series of meetings to ensure we follow the President's instruction to manage migration humanely yet effectively, protecting all women, men, and the many children entering at our southern border."
Undersecretary of Public Security at the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection, Luis Rodríguez Bucio, discussed the progress made in combating human trafficking and migrant smuggling through greater inter-institutional coordination.
Group 2. Multi-service centers for the inclusion and development of migrants and refugees, presented by the Undersecretary of Inclusion and Rural Development at the Ministry of Wellbeing (Bienestar), Raúl Paulín Hernández. He reported the upcoming inauguration of two Multi-service Centers in Tapachula and Huixtla, Chiapas. Additionally, three Bienestar Integration Centers in the north of the country were included in programs to strengthen capacities in health, employment, and gender equality, through collaboration with UN agencies.
Education Secretary Leticia Ramírez Amaya said, "Creating an Interministerial Commission, working in the field, and seeing how it benefits every individual in need is very important. Having that commitment to truly support people [...] The task is so large that it can only be solved as a team, and that is a characteristic of the Mexican Government, that is how it works, and that has been demonstrated here."
Group 3. Pathways for labor mobility, presented by the head of the National Employment Service, Donaciano Domínguez Espinosa, who noted that the institutional coordination now promoted the inclusion of people in a situation of labor mobility. Business outreach campaigns were developed nationwide, and partnerships were formed with the private sector, resulting in 385 companies participating in the Labor Mobility Strategy with more than 6,000 job openings. More than 65 companies affiliated with the Tent initiatives have also joined.
He also said that the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS), in coordination with the ILO, UNHCR, and German Technical Cooperation (GIZ), created the “México te emplea” (Mexico Employs You) platform to match labor supply and demand and facilitate the hiring of people in a situation of labor mobility. These actions have contributed to the Work Integration Program, through which, according to Comar and UNHCR, more than 40,000 refugees have joined the formal job market.
The Director General of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), Zoé Robledo Aburto, reported that there are more than 142,000 migrant workers insured by the Institute, and that more than 2,000 foreign nationals are affiliated with the independent workers program.
He added that, based on the coordination agreement between IMSS and the National Institute of Migration (INM), modules were installed at immigrant stations. They have issued 41,548 social security numbers and provided information to 147,988 migrants over the phone and via a specific microsite.
Group 4. Assistance for Mexican communities abroad, chaired by Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena Ibarra. She reported increased enrollment of Mexicans abroad in the IMSS and the Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers (Infonavit), providing them with access to pensions and housing. In addition, remittance processes have been streamlined through the Financiera para el Bienestar (Finabien), and registrations in the Federal Taxpayers Registry (RFC) of the Tax Administration Service (SAT) have increased.
Foreign Secretary Bárcena highlighted the record-breaking participation of the Mexican community abroad in the recent elections. "Our consular network processed 184,000 votes for the presidential election, nearly doubling the 98,000 votes cast in 2018,” she noted. "Protecting Mexicans abroad will always be a priority of Mexico's foreign policy," she emphasized.
Group 5. Cooperation to address the root causes of migration in countries of origin, chaired by Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, who spoke about the Palenque Meeting convened by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Its aim was to develop comprehensive solutions with a humanist approach and address regional migration. Additionally, a development cooperation strategy was created to address the needs of each country, and the Sembrando Vida (Sowing Life) and Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro (Youths Building the Future) programs continue in Belize, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, and Venezuela.
Secretary Bárcena said that development cooperation is fundamental in addressing the root causes of migration. "The migrant is a person in labor mobility who is seeking opportunity, a better life, and therefore we must humanize human mobility, offer them dignity and respect [...] the new narrative demands that we see migration as a regional issue."
Group 6. Data analysis and statistics, presented by the Undersecretary of Human Rights, Population and Migration of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics, Arturo Medina Padilla. He mentioned that measurement instruments were created to help design public policies aimed at the migrant population. These include the Map of Routes, Assistance, and Risks Associated with Irregular Mobility through Mexico (Raramir) and the Interactive Dashboard on Mobility and Migration in Mexico, made available by the Migration Policy, Registration and Personal Identity Unit (UPMRIP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The meeting was also attended by the head of the National System for Integral Family Development (SNDIF), Nuria Fernández Espresate; the president of the National Women's Institute (Inmujeres), Nadine Gasman Zylbermann; Comar Coordinator Andrés Ramírez Silva; the head of the UPMRIP of the Ministry of the Interior, Carlos Antonio Vázquez García; National Employment Service head Donaciano Domínguez Espinosa; Director General of Human Mobility and Development at the Foreign Ministry, Arturo Rocha Hernández; the head of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IMME), Luis Gutiérrez Reyes; and Amexcid Executive Director Gloria Sandoval Salas.
The Mexican Government reaffirms its commitment to comprehensively addressing human mobility by working in a coordinated manner to ensure that migration is safe, orderly, regular, and humane.
