Central America

Tijuana protesters chant 'Out!' at migrants camped in city

They accuse migrants and refugees of being messy, ungrateful and a danger to Tijuana, a narrative similar to US President Trump's. They complain the caravan forced its way into Mexico, calling it an "invasion."

Leaders address migrant caravan during Ibero-American Summit

Heads of state of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking nations call for the development and assistance of countries migrants are fleeing. With about 3,000 migrants at the US border, Tijuana says the city is preparing for an influx that will last months.

Migrant caravan arrive at Mexico-US border city

The first wave of migrants in the caravan, which became a central theme of the recent US election, began arriving in Tijuana in recent days, and their numbers have grown each day.

These are some of the people traveling in the 'migrant caravan'

The 'migrant caravan' is a diverse set of people escaping poverty and violence who have been painted as a threatening, faceless monolith. Not all of them will reach the US border. The ones who do are chasing a future they can feel optimistic about.

Migrants caravan reaches Mexico City after 1600 km on foot

Thousands of mostly Honduran migrants travelling through Mexico remained in the capital on Wednesday after a 1,600 km journey, with some saying they will not move until the police, human rights groups accompany them up north.

Migrant caravan in Mexico trudges through 'route of death'

Tempers among trekkers flare as they struggle with exhaustion, blisters, sickness and swollen feet after Veracruz Governor reneges on an offer to provide buses to leapfrog the migrants to the Mexican capital.

The situation in Central America is becoming more and more complicated

The word 'migrant caravan' is used to describe a group of thousand of Central American migrants on their way to the United States. The term plays down their need.

'They are human beings' – 56,800 migrants dead and missing

As migration worldwide soars to record highs, far less visible has been its toll: the tens of thousands of people who die or simply disappear during their journeys. The AP has documented at least 56,800 migrants dead or missing worldwide since 2014.

US to deploy over 5,200 troops to Mexico border

A caravan of mostly Hondurans, estimated to number between 3,500 and 7,000, who left their country in mid-October are now in southern Mexico.

Motor racing-Hamilton takes fifth F1 title as Verstappen wins in Mexico

Lewis Hamilton won his fifth career Formula One championship with a fourth-place finish on Sunday at the Mexican Grand Prix, a race dominated by Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

Central American caravan moves on in spite of Mexico jobs offer

The Mexican government seems torn between stopping several thousand Central American migrants from travelling toward the US border in a caravan or burnishing its international human rights image.

Caravan migrants reject Mexico plan on refuge

An estimated 3,500 Central Americans migrants, most of them were Hondurans, are believed to be traveling with the caravan of people heading towards the US border despite Mexico's asylum offer and threat of deportation once they get there.