The migration crisis further escalated Friday as members of an 8,000-person migrant caravan were seen clinging to the sides of a train toward the U.S. southern border.
Christmas Day meant the same as any other for thousands of migrants walking through southern Mexico: more trudging under a hot sun. There were no presents; Christmas Eve dinner was a sandwich, a bottle of water and a banana handed out by a local church to some of the migrants. Christmas night was spent sleeping on a scrap of cardboard or plastic under an awning or tent, or on bare ground. This year’s caravan started moving a few days before U.S. officials were to meet with their Mexican counterparts to explore ways of stemming the number of migrants showing up at the U.S. southwest border.
HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) Christmas Day meant the same as any other day for thousands of migrants walking through southern Mexico: more trudging under a hot sun. There were no presents, and Christmas Eve dinner was a sandwich, a bottle of water and a banana handed out by a local church to some of the […]