MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he supported the United States' decision to end its controversial "Remain in Mexico" policy, which compelled asylum seekers of all nationalities to wait in Mexico whereas  their cases were being processed in America.

Lopez Obrador cited a June US Supreme Court decision that supported President Joe Biden's decision to halt the programme, which was started by his predecessor Donald Trump, at a press conference on Wednesday, according to reports.

"We regard it as a good thing that the court has declared that individuals who want asylum in the US can wait in the US." "The US government has made this choice internally. We have never agreed to become a so-called third country or migrant camp in order to wait for issues to be settled in the US "Lopez Obrador said.

Tens of thousands of migrants, largely from Central America, have been moving north in search of work, causing Mexico and the US to experience an unparalleled immigration problem in recent years as a result of poverty and violence made worse by the Covid-19 outbreak.

Between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021, the US detained 1,734,686 migrants along the Mexican border, a record-high amount.

Meanwhile, according to government statistics, Mexico detained 115,379 people between January 1 and April 13 of this year alone, and deported more than 114,000 illegal immigrants in 2021.

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