This is the 4th migrant caravan to arrive in Mexico City in less than a year. Out of the 3,000 migrants that left Honduras only 350 made it here.

Mexico implementing stricter measures to deal with migrants

In Mexico City, the government is implementing stricter measures to deal with the flow of migrants coming into the country from Central America. Many of these policies took effect after the arrival of the last caravan and could offer a preview of Mexico’s new attitude towards migrants passing through the country.

At the migrant shelter in Mexico City, Central Americans feel lucky to have gotten as far as they have, considering both the distance and constant abuse they received from immigration officers.

Mexico has become a destination for migrants traveling in caravans. In response to the wave of immigration the Mexican government has aimed to control the illegal crossers. Mexico’s popularity as a destination, rather than a mere transit route, for Central American migrants has grown steadily in recent months following newly elected president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s exhortations that the migrant caravans stay in Mexico rather than risk their lives trying to cross the heavily fortified US border.

Valeria Leon, UNews, Mexico City.

 

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