A group of 175 Afghan citizens arrived today at the Mexico City International Airport. This group, the fourth to come to Mexico for humanitarian reasons due to the situation in Afghanistan, is made up of social media workers, activists and independent journalists and their families, including 75 children.
The group arrived on the first Egypt Air flight to ever land in Mexico, thanks to the work done by Mexico's embassies in Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, with the invaluable assistance of the government of Egypt. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Interior and other government agencies kept in close contact during the immigration procedures. As with the previous groups, this coordination was essential to protect the safety of these individuals and ensure their arrival. Their travel and living costs while in Mexico will be covered by private sponsors and civil society organizations.
In keeping with Mexico's principles of solidarity with asylum seekers, refugees and those seeking humanitarian protection in our country, additional groups of Afghan citizens are expected to arrive in the coming days. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in communication with the representatives of these groups that are requesting protection for humanitarian reasons, in addition to the governments of other countries and other areas of the federal government in order to make their arrival possible.
