RIIFS and the Embassy of Mexico in Amman organised a seminar entitled “Immigration to Mexico” within the framework of the activities of the Arab Iberian American Divan for Thought and Cultural Exchange programme.
A delegation from the College of Mexico, including researchers Dr. Alfonso Medina, Dr. Ana Covarrubias and Dr. Luis Pedroza, participated in the seminar.
Dr. Amer Al-Hafi, mentioned that human migrations were and still contribute to building human civilization, and that religious texts in Islam and Christianity indicate that all messengers migrated and experienced living in different societies.
In turn, Dr. Pedroza presented, in a paper, a discussion of the current immigration policies in Mexico, and the current commonalities between Mexico and countries in similar strategic geographical locations in North Africa and the Middle East, calling for more comparative research on this topic, and for increasing cooperation on the research level between Mexican and Jordanian experts. On migrations, what allows the societies of the two countries to look to the future in a more hopeful way.