Senators Unanimous in Support to Open Mexico Borders to Syrian Refugees Victor Mayen - The News
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Children pose for a picture as Syrian refugees go about their daily business in the Za’atari refugee camp in Za’atari, Jordan. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

The full Senate unanimously approved the motion to request that the federal government open its borders to greatest possible number of Syrian refugees who are fleeing the humanitarian crisis taking place in the middle eastern country.

The senators asked the Foreign Relations Secretariat to call on the United Nations Organization to convene an urgent and special session so that all member countries contribute to solutions to the migration crisis that Europe is suffering.

The Board of Directors of the Senate Secretary Martha Palafox Gutiérrez, Labor Party senator, read the petition that the senate sent to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s government so that the Mexican borders would be opened to give asylum to the Syrian refugees.

National Action Party (PAN) Senator Ernesto Cordero Arroyo said that Mexico must be sensible to the crisis of displaced persons, which is why the senate asked for the solidarity of authorities and the general population in accepting the refugees.

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