A massive caravan of migrants is making its way through Mexico toward the U.S. border.
These people originated from Central America, Cuba, Venezuela, and other nations.
Reports say this caravan consists of around 6,000 individuals, including young children, and they started their journey from Tapachula, near the Mexican border with Guatemala, just days before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Mexico City.
Blinken will travel to Mexico on December 27, together with other U.S. officials, to discuss the unprecedented irregular migration in the Western Hemisphere and identify ways Mexico and the United States will address border security challenges, including actions to enable the reopening of key ports of entry across the shared border of the two countries.
“The U.S. State Secretary] will discuss unprecedented irregular migration in the Western Hemisphere and identify ways Mexico and the United States will address border security challenges, including actions to enable the reopening of key ports of entry across our shared border,” U.S. State Department stated.
The migrant crisis along the U.S. borders remains one of the most debated issue in the country.
In May, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador agreed to receive migrants rejected by the US. These include migrants from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, who did not adhere to specific migration rules.
But the deal’s effectiveness in curbing post-pandemic migration looks insufficient, given the renewed surge in migrant numbers.
And the curb the influx of migrants, U.S. authorities have closed border crossings in Texas, Arizona, and California.
