Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Migrant caravan: Hundreds of Hondurans leave on new trek

Almost 1,000 people, police say, gathered at the bus terminal after news of a new migrant caravan spread. The migrants travel in large groups for safety to avoid being robbed, kidnapped or killed by Mexican gangs on the way. Thousands of migrants who made their way north with previous caravans remain stranded on the Mexico-US border. According to the New York Times, Mr Trump is considering implementing further limits on asylum seekers, ending birthright citizenship, and closing ports of entry at the Mexican border. But those gathered at the bus terminal in the crime-ridden city of San Pedro Sula told reporters they were not deterred by Mr Trump's threats to close the border with Mexico. "I'm not afraid," one woman told CNN in Spanish. "When you set yourself a goal and you trust in God then you do everything to get there and in my case, my goal is to get to the US." Many of those gathered at the bus terminal were leaving in family groups. Some said they could not get jobs in Honduras and hoped for better opportunities either in Mexico or in the US...MORE

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