Calls for a new migrant caravan from San Pedro Sula bus station on 1 October have been circulating on social media for weeks. The caravan arrives just two weeks after Guatemala reopened its borders after keeping them sealed for months to curb COVID-19. .
But most of the migrants accumulated on Wednesday made the decision not to wait until October, and left in the dark of night with backpacks and masks. The groups temporarily dispersed along the road with hot walks while others continued to march towards the border with Guatemala.
Governments in the region said they were watching on Wednesday. Mexico’s immigration firm said in a statement that it would impose a “safe, orderly and legal” migration and that it would do nothing to announce the formation of a caravan of migrants. via Twitter that migration to the United States is more complicated than ever now and more harmful due to COVID-19.
But the points that propelled Central American migrants didn’t really diminish the pandemic: the lack of work and the struggle of families to put food on the table have only worsened.
The UN International Labour Organization said Wednesday that at least 34 million jobs have been lost in Latin America due to the coronavirus pandemic. a 20. 9% drop in the first 3 quarters of the year.
The flow of American migrants from Central America significantly slowed the pandemic, and countries in the region ended their borders. Most migrant shelters along northern Mexico’s major roads have closed their doors to newcomers as they tried to prevent the virus from spreading to vulnerable migrant populations: Mexico and the United States have returned many migrants to their home countries in an attempt to empty detention centers.
The United States used the pandemic to close the asylum formula on its southern border.
Mexico has attempted to send stranded asylum seekers on its northern border to the south. Mexico has sometimes offered migrants the opportunity to apply for asylum there, but many are looking for the United States. Migrants are likely to be more difficult to locate paintings in Mexico now, as the economy is expected to contract by 10% this year due to the effect of the pandemic.
The group’s departure Wednesday night recalls a caravan of migrants that had formed two years before the mid-term elections in the United States and has a hot topic in the crusade that has fuelled anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Under pressure from the U. S. government last year, Mexico adopted a more competitive technique with migrants: it deployed its National Guard to intercept them on the roads and tried to prevent it from forming large caravans noticed in recent years.
Central American migrants have begun building giant teams in recent years, seeking security in numbers and, in some cases, avoiding the charges of smugglers.
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AP Christopher Sherman of Mexico City contributed to the report.
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