Mexico working with U.S. on refugee plan for migrants in southern Mexico

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's new Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena Ibarra holds a meeting with the media at the Secretary of Foreign Affairs headquarters, in Mexico City, Mexico. July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States are working on a plan to process migrants in southern Mexico, encompassing Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, Mexico's incoming foreign minister Alicia Barcena said on Wednesday.

Barcena did not detail the plan, but said it would complement existing options for migrants to enter the U.S. - a humanitarian visa program for those groups and a mobile app for asylum seekers called CBP One.