New migrant caravan sets off for US from southern Mexico
Tapacula, MexicoReuters A migrant caravan of around 400 people, including many children, set off from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula for the United States on Saturday, just a couple of days after security and migration officials dispersed another large group. Mostly comprising Central Americans and Haitians, the caravan left at around 7:30am local time […]
ESSAY: DOZENS OF MIGRANTS DISAPPEAR IN MEXICO AS CENTRAL AMERICAN CARAVAN PUSHES NORTHWARD
In an article first published on The Conversation, LUIS GÓMEZ ROMERO, of Australia’s University of Wollongong, takes a look at why members of the “human caravan” of Central American migrants may not wish to remain in Mexico…
Abuse and “vilification” of migrants on the rise as borders close
Thomson Reuters Foundation Vilification of migrants as criminals, rather than people needing protection, by politicians and the media is making them more vulnerable to abuse, said a frontline humanitarian worker. Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, a humanitarian affairs adviser with Medecins Sans Frontieres who has rescued migrants from the Mediterranean Sea, instead called for the world’s most […]