First self -deportation flight from the USA ends in Honduras

First self -deportation flight from the USA ends in Honduras

Details of the return initiative

"It was a mixed group. There were mothers with children. All, including the children, was given an amount of $ 1,000," said García in front of journalists at the airport and added that up to 19 children were among the returnees. At least four of the children were born in the USA, one in Mexico. They left the United States together with its Honduran relatives to avoid a separation of the family, explained the Honduran migration director Wilson Paz Reyes.

experiences of returnees

one of the deportees, Wilson Sáenz, reported that after asked for a return, the authorities had flown to a hotel in Houston, Texas. From there he was brought to the airport, where Essen was offered to his flight home. Another returnee, Kevin Posadas, explained that after their application for the self -deportation, the officers sent the migrants to messages in which they informed when they should present themselves. "Depending on which state they are in, they are brought to a place that is closer to send them to Honduras," said Posadas.

flight details and other measures

The flight transported a total of 64 people, according to an official of the Ministry of Internal Security. This flight will also continue to fly to Colombia to stop the remaining migrants who have decided to use a self -deportation, reported García. "Today the DHS carried out the first charter flight of Project Homecoming with 64 people who voluntarily wanted to return to their home countries of Hondura and Colombia," said Minister Kristi Noem. "If you are illegally here, use the CBP Home app to regulate your departure and receive financial support for your return."

Financial support for migrants

The US Ministry of Internal Safety announced on May 5th that the government will offer financial and travel support for undocumented migrants to make their return easier. Through the cbp home app can report people from the government to leave the USA voluntarily.

cost reduction and legal consequences

Every undocumented migrant who uses the app for self -de -portation receives a scholarship of $ 1,000, which is paid after confirmation of the return via the app, according to the DHS. The DHS states that the initiative will reduce the costs of deportations that are currently on average more than $ 17,000 per case. People who are registering for a self -deportation via the CBP Home app are also prioritized in terms of detention and distance, "as long as they prove that they make significant progress on their departure", according to the DHS, which the procedure is "dignified" and secure.

app for self -evaluation and future developments

"If you are illegally here, use the CBP Home app to regulate your departure and receive financial support for your return. If not, you have to do with fines, arrests, deportations and must never return," emphasized Noem. The app, which was previously known as cbp one , was used by the US-Zoll- und border protection authorities, around to agree on asylum seekers during the Biden- administration.

The self -evaluation initiative is part of a DHS advertising campaign worth $ 200 million that urges undocumented migrants to leave the USA and "stay outside". These developments show the current efforts of the US government to control migration and create a humane alternative to the deportation.