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Central American migrant caravans, [1] also known as the Viacrucis del migrante ("Migrant's Way of the Cross"), [2] [3] [4] are migrant caravans that travel from Central America to the Mexico–United States border to demand asylum in the United States.
Migrant caravans began forming in 2018, and they became a final, desperate hope for poorer migrants who do not have the money to pay smugglers. If migrants try to cross Mexico alone or in small groups, they are often either detained by authorities and sent back to southern Mexico, or worse, deported back to their home countries.
The migrants, most from Central and South America, said they had grown tired of waiting in Mexico’s southern city of Tapachula, near the Guatemala border. ... No migrant caravan has ever walked ...
A new caravan with 3,000 migrants is heading north to the US on Election Day in what Border Patrol officials are describing as a mad dash to cross the border while President Biden is still in office.
The news of the caravan comes as senior U.S. officials are expected to meet with Mexico's president in Mexico City on Wednesday. The migrant surge, as well as the treatment of migrants in the U.S ...
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A sprawling caravan of migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and other countries trekked through Mexico on Sunday, heading toward the U.S. border.
In the past such caravans have stirred intense debate in the United States, where immigration is likely to be a key topic ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election. ... "The migrant community is ...
It opened two migrant shelters in the notoriously violent border state of Sonora in 2015 and 2016. The organization is notable for coordinating several high-profile migrant caravans in April 2018 and October 2018. [1] [11] These caravans, which traveled from Central America into Mexico, were the subject of widespread media coverage.