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MEXICO / REFUGEES RELOCATION
STORY: MEXICO / REFUGEES RELOCATION
TRT: 5:07
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: APRIL-MAY 2021, MONTERREY, SALTILLO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO
1. Wide shot, aerial shot of Monterrey’s “Cerro de la Silla” Mountain
2. Wide shot, Greenpaper’s factory giant paper roll coils rotating.
3. Wide shot, overshoulder of worker viewing electrical panel at the factory
4. Close up, overshoulder of refugee hearing best wishes letters from previous refugees in the city.
5. Med shot, UNHCR Officers reading best wishes letters to newcomer refugees in induction
6. Close up, overshoulder of Rosario Johnson speaking to UNHCR Officer.
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosario Johnson, Honduran refugee in Mexico:
“I’ve been two days in Monterrey and I love it already. I feel positive. I feel that I can do anything I want to do here. I could have my house, have my kids in school, I can have a little business, I see opportunities here.”
8. Wide shot, Monterrey’s sign with cars in the street at the background.
9. Wide shot, Monterrey’s Neptuno’s Fountain monument. People walking nearby.
10. Med shot, overshoulder of Rosario Johnson in induction.
11. Med shot, kids from the back coloring and playing in table. UNHCR Officer helps them.
12. Close up, sticking paper on drawing.
13. Close up, overshoulder of Rosario Johnson speaking to UNHCR Officer.
14. Wide shot, Venezuelan family in a park.
15. Med shot, Venezuelan mother calling her son in her house yard.
16. Wide shot, Venezuelan mother playing ball with her son.
17. Close up, Luis Romero speaking to UNHCR Officer out of frame.
18. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Gerardo Romero, Venezuelan refugee at Mexico, Train Traffic Coordinator:
“One of the most important things is access to healthcare, a stable health system in case of any emergency. I want to see my son grow up healthy and strong. And definitely, access to a good level of education.”
19. Med shot, Venezuelan mother caring his child in kitchen.
20. Med shot, Venezuelan father playing with his kid and toy car.
21. Med shot, Venezuelan family in park.
22. Med shot, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements visiting Buen Samaritano Shelter in Ciudad Juarez Mexico
23. Med shot, UN Deputy High Commissioner speaking with refugees in AGRIZAR factory in Guanajuato, Mexico.
24. Med shot, overshoulder UN Deputy High Commissioner speaking to company owners in AGRIZAR factory in Guanajuato, Mexico.
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly Clements, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees:
“It’s an important programme that we are undertaking with businesses. The collaboration that we had here, is truly a partnership that we want to replicate elsewhere. It’s a win-win for all. It’s a win for the asylum seekers who have jobs and are living in safety. And it’s a win for the business who are able to add to their community and add to the essence of the private sector.”
26. Med shot, photo of DHC inside a greenhouse talking to AGRIZAR’s worker
27. Med shot, photo of DHC inside a greenhouse pointing to Agrizar’s products. Giovanni Lepri smelling a recently cut pepper.
28. Wide shot, photo of DHC and UNHCR Mexico’s representative Mark Manly and Giovanni Lepri inside Agrizar’s factory. Workers selecting peppers.
29. Travelling WS of Monterrey’s “Cerro de la Silla” mountain
30. Wide shot, Greenpaper’s company trucks moving in parking lot
31. Wide shot, Greenpaper’s worker checking a paper press.
32. Wide shot, Greenpaper’s recyclable paper deposit lot.
33. Wude shot, Greenpaper’s worker throwing scrap paper to a mill.
34. Wide shot, workers with helmets below a paper machine.
35. Wide shot, pointing at a giant paper processing machine
36. Close up, paper machine rolling paper into a coil.
37. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel Del Rio, Hiring and Training Manager Greenpaper:
“Refugees are people that have shown a lot of commitment and a great willingness to work. They have been involved in several areas and parts of our processes. So… they have earned their right to be here. This isn’t a handout.”
38. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jorge, Salvadoran refugee in Mexico:
“With this new opportunity, I’m now very motivated and I have a reason to live. I feel happy.”
39. Various shots, workers working at AGRIZAR
In May 2021, UNHCR Mexico's local integration program for refugees hit the milestone of successfully relocating 10,000 refrugees from Mexico's economically struggling south to boom towns in central and northern states. There, refugees are matched with steady jobs, and their children are enrolled in schools for a successful integration. It's a win-win situation.
An innovative local integration programme in Mexico led by UNHCR has helped more than 10,000 refugees to rebuild their lives once enrolled in the integration programme.
Refugees are relocated to one of nine locations in central and northern Mexico.
SOUNDBITE (English) Rosario Johnson, Honduran refugee in Mexico:
“I’ve been two days in Monterrey and I love it already. I feel positive. I feel that I can do anything I want to do here. I could have my house, have my kids in school, I can have a little business, I see opportunities here.”
Cities like Monterrey and Saltillo have a high demand for workers and more capacity to include newcomers in their education and health systems.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Gerardo Romero, Venezuelan refugee at Mexico, Train Traffic Coordinator:
“One of the most important things is access to healthcare, a stable health system in case of any emergency. I want to see my son grow up healthy and strong. And definitely, access to a good level of education.”
The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees recently visited Mexico to hear first-hand the stories of these refugees and to learn how companies are providing refugees with jobs and hope.
SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly Clements, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees:
“It’s an important programme that we are undertaking with businesses. The collaboration that we had here, is truly a partnership that we want to replicate elsewhere. It’s a win-win for all. It’s a win for the asylum seekers who have jobs and are living in safety. And it’s a win for the business who are able to add to their community and add to the essence of the private sector.”
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel Del Rio, Hiring and Training Manager Greenpaper:
“Refugees are people that have shown a lot of commitment and a great willingness to work. They have been involved in several areas and parts of our processes. So… they have earned their right to be here. This isn’t a handout.”
38. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jorge, Salvadoran refugee in Mexico:
“With this new opportunity, I’m now very motivated and I have a reason to live. I feel happy.”
Mexico has for decades been a country of transit for refugees. However, a growing number of asylum seekers find safety and rebuild their lives in Mexico – Latin America’s second-largest economy – supported by an innovative relocation and local integration programme started by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in 2016. As asylum claims soared in the past five years to more than 190,000, it has helped 10,000 refugees to start over in Mexico as entrepreneurs and in formal jobs with full benefits in factories, in retail, and as managers, while contributing to economic growth tipped to reach 4.8 per cent this year.
This programme is supported by local, state and national governments and by more than 170 companies in the country giving refugees a chance to find prosperity and peace.
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