Immigration
Caravan of migrants leaves southern Mexico for nation's capital amid unemployment and crime
The collective movement appears to be due to the lack of employment, Mexico’s difficult economic situation and growing crime amid cartel violence
October 14, 2024 11:56am
Updated: October 15, 2024 9:31am
A thousand migrants left this Sunday in a new caravan the southern border of Mexico towards the Aztec country’s national capital. The caravan, called “God Guides Us,” departed from Tapachula, Chiapas, and is now journeying toward Mexico City with the hopes of being heard by representatives of the national government.
The collective movement appears to be due to the lack of employment, Mexico’s difficult economic situation and growing crime amid cartel violence, according to the EFE Spanish language news service.
Another contributing factor is the delay in 'CBP One' appointments, a mobile phone application created by the U.S. government for immigrants to request an appointment online to enter the country legally,
The undocumented immigrants are reportedly mostly from Venezuela, but are also coming from countries such as Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Panama, Costa Rica, Afghanistan, and Nepal with the hope of being heard by the new presidential cabinet, headed by Morena President Claudia Sheinbaum.
This is the second migrant caravan leaving Chiapas for the nation's capital, seeking to generate employment, security and a human stay for their transit and crossing through Mexico.
Reports suggest the traveling migrants have also decided to mobilize because, they do not want to die of hunger in the streets and parks, since they have been unable to feed their children.
Their request for humanitarian support from the Mexican government occurs at a time when the city of Tapachula is filling with a large number of migrants from South America wander the streets without any potential or opportunity for securing economic livelihood or sustenance.
The daily detention of migrants at the United States border with Mexico fell nearly 66% from December to September, according to the Mexican government, but irregular migration through Mexico rose 193% year-over-year in the first half of the year, exceeding 712,000 people, according to the Migration Policy Unit.
