Carlos Alvarado does not know the scope of an immigration agreement that the country is about to sign on December 10th and 11th in Morocco and that until Wednesday had already been rejected by 10 other nations. He referred the matter to the Foreign Ministry.
The Global Compact for Ordinary and Regular Migration, promoted by the United Nations (UN) and for which a general assembly and the Intergovernmental Conference for these matters was convened.
The pact created by the UN lists 23 points that deal with issues such as the prevention of human trafficking due to migration, the management of more secure borders, the elimination of discrimination and the promotion of faster, safer and cheaper remittances transfers. It also seeks to improve consular protection, empower migrants to be included as part of society, only use immigration detention as a last resort, safeguard lives and establish coordinated international efforts on missing migrants.
However, despite the benefits it seems to have, 10 nations reject it and announced they will not subscribe to it. The first country to do this was the United States, followed by Hungary, Austria, Australia, Bulgaria, Israel, Poland, the Czech Republic and Italy.
On Tuesday the president of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina, said his government will not sign it either. Several sectors, including the political opposition and legislators of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), had asked the Dominican government not to sign the agreement, arguing that it violates national sovereignty.
The UN had said that no country is forced to sign, but that there could be consequences such as the loss of international credibility for those who are not part of the pact.