Honduras Foreign Ministry sign agreement with International Organization for Migration

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

An agreement to implement projects and programs related to migration signed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday.

The head of the IOM mission to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Jorge Peraza, and the Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs and Immigration Maria Andrea Matamoros signed the agreement for the projects to be implemented through the Solidarity Fund with the Honduran Migrants (Fosmih ).

The alliance enables also provide comprehensive receiving the Honduran people returned from Mexico and the United States, said the Foreign Ministry in a press release.

The agreement between the two institutions strengthens coordination on immediate assistance to children, adolescents and families returning land and are received at the Reception Centre and Hostel Eden in San Pedro Sula.La Protection Act and Honduran migrants Families, adopted by Congress in 2013, establishes the creation of Fosmih, a fund that allows partial or totally auxiliary migrants vulnerable, especially children, adolescents, the elderly or people with skills especiales.La Act Honduran protection of migrants and their families, adopted by Congress in 2013, establishes the creation of Fosmih, a fund that allows partial or totally auxiliary migrants vulnerable, especially children, adolescents, older adults or people Features.

Some 62.882 Honduran migrants have returned from Mexico and the United States during 2015, according to official data. "Although air returns have fallen by 48%, those entering by land have shown a significant increase," he says Chancellery.

by : ERICKSON