TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — An estimated 800 migrants attempting to proceed their journey north have been intercepted by Mexican authorities early Friday after they walked out of the southern metropolis of Tapachula in a single day.
The tried migrant caravan adopted a day of protest Thursday over the Mexican authorities’s makes an attempt to comprise them within the south, removed from the U.S. border. The migrants had solely walked about 10 miles (15 kilometers) by the darkness once they have been intercepted round 5 a.m. by Nationwide Guard and immigration brokers.
Migrants from Central America, Haiti, Venezuela and different international locations have been loaded into immigration vans.
On Thursday, a whole lot of migrants had protested exterior the native workplaces of immigration and asylum authorities, complaining that the method of gaining short-term authorized standing was too gradual. Migrants have lengthy mentioned that there isn’t ample work or housing for the 1000's who look ahead to months in Tapachula for some decision of their standing.
Many incur money owed emigrate and something that delays them in getting paying work stresses their state of affairs as they nonetheless must pay lease and purchase meals.
Mexico has been overwhelmed with asylum requests in recent times. Some migrants see remaining in Mexico as a viable possibility whereas others see it simply as a option to get papers that permit them to transit Mexico freely and make their option to the U.S. border.
Tapachula can also be dwelling to the most important migrant detention heart in Latin America. There was no official phrase on how lots of the migrants had been detained Friday morning.
Luis García Villagrán, a migrant advocate within the metropolis, accused the immigration company of upsetting the exodus by not resolving their circumstances.