New caravan forms in Mexico as frustrated migrants complain about visa delays
Arraiga, Mexico Reuters A new migrant caravan of approximately 2,000 people formed in southern Mexico on Monday, largely made up of people that have been on the move since Christmas Eve who say the Mexican government’s promises of transit visas last week never materialised. The migrants, including some carrying young children, are walking to the […]
Hundreds leave to join Mexico migrant caravan headed for US
MexicoReuters A caravan of at least hundreds of migrants left from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Sunday, heading for the US southern border. The smaller caravan plans to join a larger one that left six days ago and is currently stopped about 40 kilometres north in the town of Huixtla. Migrants walk along […]
New migrant caravan heads for Mexico City to speed up legal route to US
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Thousands of migrants, detained for months in southern Mexico, formed a new caravan in protest on Sunday to head for the capital to speed up their applications for US asylum. The migrants, mostly Venezuelans, started their march north early in Tapachula, the city bordering Guatemala whose detention centres have been overwhelmed by […]
Migrant caravan leaves southern Mexico days after Texas tragedy
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Thousands of people set off on foot from southern Mexico early Friday morning, undeterred in their efforts to reach the United States even after the deaths of at least 53 migrants in Texas this week highlighted the dangers facing many migrants. The group, mostly of young men from Central America, Venezuela and […]
Migrant caravan in Mexico heads for US border as Americas Summit starts
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Several thousand migrants, many from Venezuela, set off from southern Mexico early Monday aiming to reach the United States, timing their journey to coincide with the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week. Migration activists said the group could be one of the region’s largest migrant caravans in recent years. […]
‘We need to work’: Hundreds of migrants form new US-bound caravan in Mexico
Tapachula, MexicoReuters Hundreds of Central American and Haitian migrants formed a new caravan on Friday in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, near the Guatemala border, and began walking north toward the United States. The migrants said they wanted to leave Chiapas as they had not been given humanitarian visas promised by Mexico or transferred […]
Seeking strength in numbers, US-bound migrants in Mexico form new caravan
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters A new caravan of about 3,000 migrants mostly from Haiti and Central America set off on foot from southern Mexico on Thursday, chanting “freedom!” as they headed north towards the US-Mexico border. Many of the migrants embarking from the city of Tapachula near Guatemala said they hope to catch up with another […]
More than 1,500 migrants in Mexico caravan regularised, government says
Jesus Carranza, Mexico Reuters More than 1,500 members of a migrant caravan that set off toward the US border from southern Mexico last month have been issued documents to regularise their stay in Mexico, the migration authority said on Tuesday. The National Migration Institute said it had given 1,574 foreign nationals migration cards and ensured […]
Spurred by reopening, more migrants head for US-Mexico border
Tijuana, MexicoReuters Emboldened by news that the United States and Mexico will reopen shared land-border crossings, hundreds of migrants have arrived at Mexican border cities like Tijuana, hoping the reset will make it easier to cross and seek US asylum. Starting on Monday, the nearly 3,200-kilometres border will be open again to non-essential travel after […]
Migrants injured after clashes with National Guard troops in southern Mexico
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Dozens of migrants traveling north to Mexico City clashed with the National Guard in the southern state of Chiapas on Thursday, near to where a Cuban national was killed on Sunday by the militarized police force. The group of mostly Central American women and children resumed their journey on Monday in the […]