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In reply to the discussion: Trump threatens military action if Mexico doesn't stop immigration 'onslaught' [View all]Judi Lynn
(160,527 posts)By Emily Green Oct 21, 2018
TECUN UNAM, Guatemala Its just a fifteen-minute walk across the bridge separating Guatemala and Mexico. Now, this concrete stretch has become the scene of an unfolding humanitarian crisis as around 1,500 mostly Honduran migrants many of them children are sleeping here amid heaps of garbage with no bathrooms and no water except for what volunteers bring by in small plastic bags.
At the moment, this is the end of the line for nearly half of the estimated 4,000 migrants mostly from Honduras, part of a caravan headed ultimately for the U.S. border. Mexican federal police fired tear gas Friday to prevent an onslaught of migrants from storming the gates; now, the crowd has settled down and appear ready to wait here as long as it takes to get across the border.
The municipality is collapsing because of the quantity of people here, Gustavo Adolfo Arana Jui with Guatemalas natural disaster commission, known as Conred, said in a press conference Saturday in Tecun Uman, where the migrants have converged.
In an effort to alleviate the crisis, the Guatemalan government is sending buses to Tecun Uman to offer free transport for Hondurans who want to return home. Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said on Saturday around 2,000 members of the caravan have gone back to Honduras. Municipal officials in Tecun Unam pegged the number of returnees far lower at around 1,200.
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