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5,000 people counted in Mexico: migrants begin a caravan to the US

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dpatopbilder – Migrants make their way towards the US border. Photo: Edgar Clemente/AP

The police counted around 5,000 people, mainly from Honduras, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, El Salvador and Guatemala, local media reported on Monday (local time). Among them are many women with small children. They left from Tapachula in the state of Chiapas. The city is not far from the border with Guatemala.

At the front of the procession, participants carried a white cross and a banner demanding humanitarian visas. They complained that it took months to process their application in Tapachula and that they were not allowed to work. According to media reports, Irineo Mújica of the organization Pueblo Sin Fronteras (People Without Borders) criticized that it was irresponsible of the Mexican government to want to detain the people in Tapachula. Many migrants lived on the streets.

Mexico is on the migration route of people trying to reach the United States. They are fleeing poverty, violence and political crises in their home countries. Migrants in the region have been increasingly forming groups or caravans for several years to protect themselves against violence and deportation, but these often fall apart after a while.

(SDA)

Source: Blick

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