Immigration
Migrants in southern Mexico threaten to form a new caravan
Migrants from Haiti and other parts of Latin America are stranded in Tapachula while they wait for papers and visa approvals. They have been stuck in the city near the Guatemalan border, waiting for the U.S. and Mexico to approve their asylum and visa requests.
February 4, 2022 3:36pm
Updated: February 5, 2022 8:46am
Hundreds of Migrants in Tapachula, Mexico, on Thursday protested against the government’s slow process of visa approvals and threatened to form a caravan to head to the U.S. border, reported Reuters.
The migrants mainly come from Haiti and other parts of Latin America. They have been stuck in the city near the Guatemalan border, waiting for the U.S. and Mexico to approve their asylum and visa requests.
The migrants protested in front of Tapachula’s National Migration Institute (INM), demanding documents that would let them stay in Mexico or make their way to the U.S. without being detained.
"The disorder is being caused by (the authorities)... They are playing with us,” said the organizer of the protests.
"It's criminal they have us like this. There are many children. We are in the sun, without food, without a place to sleep. This is inhumane," said a Venezuelan woman.
