Panama Will Be President

alt(Panama-Guide) - La Critica - Panama won the Presidency "pro tempore" for the 2012 Regional Conference on Migration, attended by representatives of the countries of North and Central America, which regularly addresses issues related to immigration from outside the continent. The director of the National Immigration Service, María Cristina González, received the confirmation in Mexico. Gonzalez said from Mexico, being the President pro tempore will greatly help Panama to seek solutions to the problems of traffic of people arriving from outside of the continent, and will contribute to the establishment of new security means and methods for the member states. The appointment was reported in the conclave in Mexico entitled "Security and Extracontinental Migration" in which also participated the Panamanian Ambassador to Mexico, Francisco Troy.

Since 2009 to date, more than 300 people from outside the continent were caught illegally on Panamanian soil, and most entered the territory through the Darien. Examples would be citizens such as Eritreans, Somalis, natives of African, people from Bangladesh, and Asians. Immigration reports they have spent more than $500,000 dollars this year on deportations.

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Original Source: Panama-Guide

Date Retrieved: November 24, 2010.