Pressed by U.S., Mexico hastens migrant expulsions with flights south

FILE PHOTO: Migrants, who were expelled from the U.S and sent back to Mexico under Title 42, queue outside of a National Institute of Migration (INM) building in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico August 13, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Under pressure from the U.S. government to contain illegal immigration, Mexico has been quietly flying thousands of undocumented migrants to the south of the country to expedite their departure, according to officials and migrants.

The government said in late May https://www.gob.mx/inm/prensa/realiza-inm-retorno-asistido-de-932-personas-migrantes-rescatadas-en-la-frontera-de-mexico-con-estados-unidos?idiom=es it had carried out four return flights of migrants as it began a so-called "air bridge" south, without saying how many people were on them.