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Guatemala announces 40% increase in deportation flights and a return‑home reintegration plan
Summary
Guatemala’s president said the government will increase deportation flights by 40% and has a two‑phase “return home” plan that includes skills assessments, private‑sector placement talks and certification programs to help repatriated migrants rejoin the labor market.
President of the Republic of Guatemala told reporters that his government has agreed “to increase by 40% the number of flights of deportees, both connational returnees as well as deportees from other nationalities” and that details will be worked out in binational working groups with the United States.
The announcement came during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The president said the move is part of a broader “return home plan” intended to facilitate dignified reintegration and create conditions that reduce the need for people to emigrate.
The plan, the president said, is in multiple phases. In its second phase, the Migration Institute and the Ministry of Labor will interview returnees to “identify precisely their qualifications, their capabilities, their skills” and to classify whether those…
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