XINHUA The covid-19 pandemic may have slowed international migration flows by around 2 million people last year, cutting the annual growth expected since mid-2019 by around 27 percent, according to a report by the United Nations released Friday, Jan. 15. International Migration 2020 Highlights, published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), shows that since the year
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XINHUA Mexico will work to ensure migrants in the United States are given equal access to covid-19 vaccines by citing labor provisions in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Mexican Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Wednesday, Jan. 13. The free trade agreement, in force since July 2020, includes provisions that guarantee health protections for migrants in member countries, regardless
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XINHUA Despite the fact that numerous studies have clearly shown that border closings do little or nothing to slow the spread of coronavirus infections, the United States, Canada and Mexico have once again extended non-essential travel restrictions across their borders through Feb. 21 due to covid-19. On Friday, Jan. 8, U.S. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said that “in
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XINHUA A fire Saturday, Jan. 9, at an electrical substation of the Mexico City Metro caused the closing of six lines, affecting thousands of passengers. Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum said a policewoman lost her life in the incident and at least 30 people were injured. “An assessment of the damage is currently being conducted,” Sheinbaum said. “The Federal Electricity Commission
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XINHUA Health officials in the U.S. state of New Mexico said Saturday, Jan. 9, that they would not verify the residence or citizenship of people when distributing covid-19 vaccines, local media reported Saturday. Las Cruces, New Mexico, television station KFOX14 quoted state officials as saying that they also would not share registrants’ information on immigration status with the federal government.
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XINHUA Mexico — along with India, Ireland, Kenya and Norway — once again assumed responsibilities as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council on Monday, Jan. 4. The five nations’ two-year terms officially began on Jan. 1, but Monday was the first working day of the council for 2021 after the Christmas and New Year break. A flag
Read moreXINHUA Mexican authorities said on Friday, Dec. 18, that they would re-impose lockdown measures in Mexico City and the State of Mexico (Edoméx) amid surging covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. With hospital capacity close to 75 percent, a level similar to that of June, and year-end festivities around the corner, the measures are aimed at reducing the spread and curbing the
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XINHUA Great Britain and Mexico have signed an agreement aimed at securing the existing bilateral trade following the end of the Brexit transition period on Dec. 31, the British Department for International Trade (DIT) said Tuesday, Dec. 15. The UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement (UKMCA) will provide certainty for British and Mexican businesses “trading the goods and services that make up
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XINHUA Researchers believe that they have found a new species of beaked whale off Mexico’s western Pacific coast, a U.S. marine mammal biologist announced last week. Jay Barlow, a retired adjunct professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, said his team spotted three unusual specimens on Nov. 17 near Mexico’s remote San Benito Islands, about 500 kilometers
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XINHUA International tourism to Mexico plummeted 43.7 percent in October year-on-year, largely due to lower air passenger traffic, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported late last week. The number of foreign arrivals in the 10th month of the year was 2,042,486, compared to 3,628,423 in October 2019, according to the Inegi Survey of International Travelers. The breakdown
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