Central American migrant caravans

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Pueblo Sin Fronteras
("People without borders")
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Founded 2010
Website pueblosinfronteras.org

The Viacrucis del Migrante (Way of the Cross),[1] also known as the Central American migrant caravan,[2] are annual migrant caravans of Central Americans organized by Pueblo Sin Fronteras (People without Borders).[3][4] Viacrucis caravans have usually been organized since 2010 by the migrants themselves, who set off during Holy Week.[5][6][7][8]

First 2018 caravan

A group of about 700 migrants, 80% from Honduras, started to march from the city of Tapachula, Chiapas,[9] on their way north, beginning on Palm Sunday, March 25, 2018. The caravan had grown to about 1,200 by April 1, Easter Sunday, by which date it had arrived in Matías Romero, Oaxaca.[10]

In mid-April, 500 migrants continued northward from Mexico City, where the caravan as a whole had had its last official stop, toward Tijuana, in separate groups riding on top of freight train cars.[11] Two busloads of the migrants arrived in Tijuana, Baja California, on April 25. A further four busloads were making their way from Hermosillo, Sonora.[12] After more than a month covering 2,500 miles across Mexico, the 2018 migrants’ caravan came to an end on April 29, 2018, in Tijuana at the Friendship Park at the U.S.-Mexico border.[13][14]

More than 150 migrants prepared to seek asylum from United States immigration officials.[15] U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the caravan “a deliberate attempt to undermine our laws and overwhelm our system.”[15]

On April 30, 2018, the United States Justice Department announced criminal charges against 11 persons for crossing the border illegally.[16] U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said, “This caravan, like those who have gone before, is also rightly understood as a deliberate attempt to undermine the laws of this country and the sovereignty of the United States.” [17]

Second 2018 caravan

In October 2018, a second caravan of the year left the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the day after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence urged the presidents of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to persuade their citizens to stay home.[18] On 18 October, Donald Trump threatened to close and to deploy the US military to the US-Mexico border to block the caravan,[19] which he used as a platform for the Republican Party in the 2018 American elections.[20] Trump also threatened to cut aid to countries allowing the caravans to pass through.[21]

Over 3000 migrants crossed from the Guatemalan town of Tecún Umán into Mexico on October 19. Guatemalan police did not block the advance.[22] Mexican Federal Police, equipped with riot control gear, clashed with migrants and pushed them back to the bridge with pepper spray.[23][24]

Mexico announced that persons with passports and valid visas would be allowed to enter immediately, and began letting groups of between 10 and 30 people enter the country as refugees.[23]

See also

References

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  9. ↑ Central Americans in Caravan Closing in on Southern US Border: The group plans to try to enter the U.S. on Sunday at San Diego's border crossing Ramon Galindo, NBC News, 29 April 2018
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  11. ↑ Migrant caravan that irked Donald Trump resumes journey to US border CBS News
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  13. ↑ At end of migrant caravan, families fear what lies next Maya Averbuch and Joshua Partlow, Washington Post, April 29, 2018
  14. ↑ Caravan of migrants has reached the border, braces to cross despite Trump's warnings: Attorneys warned asylum seekers to expect the worst, including possible separation from children and family members and months of detention. Dennis Romero and Annie Rose Ramos, NBC News, April 28, 2018
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Migrant Caravan, After Grueling Trip, Reaches U.S. Border. Now the Really Hard Part. Kirk Semple and Miriam Jordan, New York Times, April 29, 2018
  16. ↑ In Tijuana, Migrants Seeking Asylum In The U.S. Tell Harrowing Stories Of Crisis Kirk Siegler, NPR.org May 2, 2018
  17. ↑ Migrant caravan remains stalled at US-Mexico border AZ Central, April 30, 2018
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