Mexico detained greater than 16,000 migrants in a four-day span, together with practically 5,000 Venezuelans, the nation’s National Institute of Migration (INM) mentioned Monday.

The INM mentioned 16,096 migrants from 46 international locations have been detained in 22 Mexican states between Nov. 17 and 20.

The majority of the migrants have been from Central and South American international locations, together with 4,968 Venezuelans, 2,987 Guatemalans, 1,385 Nicaraguans, 1,311 Hondurans and 1,285 Ecuadorians.

The authorities company mentioned it elevated providers through migrant consideration facilities in a number of states together with Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Durango, Hidalgo, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz and Zacatecas on account of an inflow of migrants they usually risks they face together with traffickers and more and more chilly temperatures.

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U.S. President Joe Biden has struggled with document numbers of migrant crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border throughout his presidency – together with 187,000 Venezuelans simply in fiscal 12 months 2022.

U.S. authorities final month had introduced a plan, agreed to with Mexico, to return some Venezuelan migrants who enter the U.S. illegally to Mexico. Earlier this month, nonetheless, a decide from the U.S. dominated illegal the pandemic-era order referred to as Title 42, used to expel migrants to Mexico, complicating Biden’s technique for deterring border crossings.

Since then, hundreds of migrants have been discovered tenting in poor situations elsewhere in Mexico. In Oaxaca state, about 12,000 individuals, largely from Venezuela, have been discovered sleeping on wood crates, on sidewalks, and in residents’ homes and backyards.