About 5,000 migrants set out on foot from Mexico's border | AP …
WEBOct 30, 2023 · TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti set out on foot from Mexico’s southern border Monday, walking north toward the U.S. The migrants complained that processing for refugee or exit visas takes too long at Mexico’s main migrant processing center …
‘Open-air prison’ in southern Mexico traps thousands of migrants
WEBJun 10, 2022 · Thousands of migrants are trapped in Tapachula, just north of Mexico’s border with Guatemala, where they face strict limitations on their movements, few job prospects, poor living conditions and long waits for immigration hearings.
Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico
WEBNov 8, 2023 · About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border.
Tens of thousands of Haitian migrants are trapped in southern …
WEBSep 17, 2021 · A U.S.-bound caravan of more than 500 migrants, mostly Central Americans and Haitians, heads north on foot from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Sept. 4 amid sweltering heat.
A group of 2,000 migrants advance through southern Mexico in …
WEBJul 24, 2024 · TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries set out on foot Tuesday through southern Mexico as they attempt to reach the U.S., although recent similar attempts have failed, with groups disbanding after a few days without leaving the region.
Tapachula: ‘There’s no more room here!’: Thousands of migrants …
WEBMay 10, 2023 · In Tapachula, Mexico’s National Immigration Institute opened a mobile office in the city’s Ecological Park and began granting express permits to hundreds and then thousands of migrants....
Black migrants see nothing in Tapachula but racism and a dead …
WEBJul 27, 2022 · Black migrants fleeing violence and economic or political instability in their home countries are finding overt racism in Tapachula, where they await documents from Mexico that will allow them to continue their journeys north.
Migrants crowd Mexico's refugee offices amid fears of U.S. policy ...
WEBTAPACHULA/MEXICO CITY Jan 4 (Reuters) - Thousands of migrants have flocked to government offices in southern Mexico seeking asylum since the United States said it would keep restrictions used...
U.N. says pilot "integration" program for refugees in Mexico could …
WEBSep 26, 2023 · The U.N. refugee agency said the "integration program" in Tapachula seeks to place migrants in 11 cities in central and northeast Mexico.
Tapachula migrants protest Mexico’s immigration policies …
WEBSep 22, 2022 · Migrants have gathered in the thousands in Tapachula, seeking to apply for asylum or humanitarian visas to stay in Mexico or continue their journeys north. Protests outside Mexico’s immigration office have become more frequent as applications bog down and migrants struggle with limited access to social services and basic nee
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