New migrant caravan heads for Mexico Town to hurry up authorized path to US

TAPACHULA, April 23 (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants, detained for months in southern Mexico, shaped a brand new caravan in protest on Sunday to move for the capital to hurry up their programs for U.S. asylum.

The migrants, most commonly Venezuelans, began their march north early in Tapachula, town bordering Guatemala whose detention facilities were crushed by way of their huge numbers. Some stated they anticipated to succeed in Mexico Town in about 10 days.

Fleeing violence and poverty in Central The usa, 1000’s of migrants stroll in combination for protection to Mexico every yr, crossing a number of states in hopes of discovering a authorized course into the US.

The brand new caravan has about 3,000 migrants, some from China and different Asian international locations, Tapachula government estimated.

[1/21] A migrant, detained for months in southern Mexico, carries a ridicule coffin in reminiscence of an Honduran migrant who died of a center assault as he continues his shuttle in a caravan heading for Mexico Town to hurry up the programs for U.S. asylum, in Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, April 26. REUTERS/Gabriela Sanabria

“We joined the caravan to be more secure and now not be detained,” stated Yoani, a Venezuelan migrant, who best gave his first title, by way of telephone.

Out of cash, he stated his circle of relatives used to be hoping to hurry up the authorized procedure wanted for onward trip in Mexico Town.

Irineo Mujica, director of the non-profit Pueblos Sin Fronteras (Other folks With out Borders), stated the brand new caravan arose as a type of protest by way of migrants tough the closure of detention facilities.

Remaining month, about 40 other folks died in a hearth in a single such middle in Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico.

Reporting by way of Lizbeth Diaz and Jose Torres; Writing by way of Stefanie Eschenbacher; Modifying by way of Richard Chang

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