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The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), agreed on Thursday to work for better conditions for immigrants in the region, especially young migrants.
An agreement was signed at the close of the third CELEC meeting on migration, held in Ecuador from Wednesday to Thursday. Celac comprises 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
It included a protocol for helping child immigrant that are in danger in the region.
The meeting also called attention to the grave humanitarian crisis that began last summer in the U.S., when more than 60,000 unaccompanied minors arrived to the country, especially from Central American nations.
The Latin American and Caribbean nations also prepared an agenda to discuss with European Union representatives in a meeting in Belgium on November.
The members agreed to demand better conditions and more rights for the immigrants in European countries.
“I think that the European Union will receive, in good spirit our concerns and proposals, we have positive expectations,” said Salvador’s Vice Foreign Minister Liduvina Magarín.
Haitian diplomatic Christian Toussaint added that he expects that the European Union will recognize the importance of the immigrants in its territory.“We do not want to see what has happened with Haiti, where emigration has damaged diplomatic relationships with these European countries.” he said.
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