Author: Daniela Pastrana
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Modern Exodus: Honduran Refugee Caravan Moves Northwards
A line of more than five kilometres of migrants walked on Sunday, Oct 21, from Ciudad Hidalgo to Tapachula, 40 kilometers inside the state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. There are 2,000 kilometres left to the U.S.-Mexico border, along a route that is partly controlled by organised crime groups. Credit: Javier García/IPS. A long chain…
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Mexico’s Solidarity Towards Haitians Only Goes So Far
On the Mexican-American border, a region known as Mexicali, people of Haitian descent are finding life much more of a struggle. With tightening restrictions on entry to the US, and no legal permit from the Mexican government to find work, Haitian people have become stranded in a no man’s land between being undocumented and citizenship.…