00:00According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, there is an upward trend in forced displacement in Honduras due to increased
00:07violence.
00:08Experts say this could lead to increased migration flows.
00:11Gerardo Torres, Celaya, reports from Tegucigalpa.
00:15According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, half a million Hondurans are suffering from forced displacement due to violence in
00:22the country.
00:22At the beginning of this year, the trend is increasing.
00:27I think it's important to point out some data mentioned in the UNHCR report, namely that between 4.3%
00:38and 4.5% out of every 100 Hondurans are experiencing forced displacement.
00:44Some elements of the report indicate that this is due to violence, but violence is the effect of a deeper
00:50cause that isn't discussed in the report,
00:52that was discussed within the government of the president, Xiomara Castro.
00:56In the report, but that was discussed during the government.
00:59Inequality, poverty and extreme poverty.
01:02La pobreza y la pobreza extrema.
01:05In the first five months of this year, more than 12,000 Hondurans have already been deported,
01:10representing a 30% increase compared to the same period last year.
01:14The surge in migration could be linked to the rise in forced displacement rates in the country.
01:19The feminization of a displacement is a very important issue that we must address as a country.
01:27También que la mayoría de...
01:30And also the fact that the majority of displaced populations are young.
01:34Son jóvenes.
01:36En ese sentido...
01:38In that sense, obviously, international migration movements are a psychological effect on the population.
01:44Migratorios Internacionales.
01:46Marron Espinal migrated irregularly to the United States 10 years ago and was deported 7 years ago.
01:52He says that economic conditions force him to migrate and points out that the situation in the country is becoming
01:59very complicated again.
02:02When they be suffocating you, when a child is sick, when a child says that I'm hungry, when you see
02:08the refrigerator empty,
02:10that's when you must decide, obviously, if there are opportunities, you look for them.
02:18Here in the country, but they are scarcer.
02:23And now, if I made that decision back then, imagine how much more complicated and difficult it is now.
02:31According to the report of those forcibly displaced, 55% are women and 11% are children.
02:37The Security Ministry data says that in the first quarter of this year, violence has increased in 6%.
02:44Reporting from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, for Telesur in English, Gerardo Torres Zelaya.
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