Several thousand Migrants are in the south from Mexico formed a caravan to head north USA for March. About 5,000 people went out into the city on Christmas Eve after praying Tapachula in the State Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, as reported by the Mexican newspaper Milenio, citing local civil defense.
At the head of the procession, a participant carried a white cross.
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The migrants came mainly from countries such as Venezuela, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Haiti. They accused the Mexican immigration agency INM of inaction in processing their applications in Tapachula.
“We are telling the Mexican State that we have no other option but to walk until the INM issues immigration permits,” said activist L.Luis García Villagrán from the Center for Human Dignity, which coordinated the caravan. According to reports, the group's target is initially Mexico City and then the northern border.
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Mexico is on the migration route of people trying to reach the United States. They are fleeing poverty, violence or political crises in their home countries. For several years now, migrants in the region have increasingly formed groups or caravans to protect themselves from violence and deportation, but these often split up again after some time.