Caravan migrants rest in Mexico City while pondering best route for long trek north

Record ID: 1363109

  • Title: Caravan migrants rest in Mexico City while pondering best route for long trek north
  • Date: 6th November 2018
  • Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (NOVEMBER 6, 2018) (REUTERS) GENERAL OF MIGRANTS WAKING UP AT SPORTS STADIUM GIRL NEXT TO SLEEPING PARENT WOMAN WALKING WITH CHILD GENERAL OF MIGRANTS AT SPORTS STADIUM MIGRANT FAMILIES / TENTS MIGRANTS QUEUING TO RECEIVE FOOD VARIOUS OF MEXICO CITY WORKERS HANDING OUT FOOD (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) 33-YEAR-OLD HONDURAN MIGRANT AND GARDENER FROM TEGUCIGALPA, RUBEN MARTINEZ, SAYING: "Our aim is to reach Tijuana but we have all decided to head to Monterrey instead because Tijuana is 2,000 kilometres (1242 miles) away compared to only 1,000 kilometres (621 miles) to Monterrey. We'll go wherever is closer because of the children. There are a lot of sick children. We're very worried because some have a fever, some have pneumonia. We ask the people from the Red Cross to help those children." VARIOUS OF RED CROSS DOCTORS HELPING MIGRANTS MOBILE PHONES BEING CHARGED HONDURAN MIGRANT, HENRY BENITEZ, CHARGING PHONE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HONDURAN MIGRANT FROM SANTA RITA AND FRIED FOOD MERCHANT, HENRY BENITEZ, SAYING: "We're heading to the U.S. Let's hope in God we're able to cross, even if Donald Trump says he won't let us. Some have to get through. I know, more than some. We all want the American dream."
  • Embargoed: 20th November 2018 17:10
  • Keywords: Migrants Mexico City shelter sports stadium Trump
  • Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00195DCJ0N
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Central American migrants from a caravan travelling through Mexico towards the United States received food, medical attention and clothes as they rested on Tuesday (November 06) at a temporary shelter at a sports stadium in Mexico City.
    The migrants are pondering how long they'll stay in Mexico City before starting to move slowly through Mexico toward the U.S. border. On migrant said their next stop would be the northern city of Monterrey.
    More than 4,500 Central Americans, many fleeing gang violence and financial hardship in their home countries have been arriving at the stadium since Sunday (November 4) where the city government set up medical aid and food kitchens.
    The day is marked by Americans voting on Tuesday to determine the balance of power in the U.S. Congress and shape the future of Donald Trump's presidency.
    Wrapping up the campaign in recent days, Trump repeatedly raised fears about immigrants, issuing harsh warnings about this caravan of Central American migrants.
    The migrants arrived in the capital, nearly 500 miles (805 kilometres) from the closest border crossings in Texas, four weeks after setting out from the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula.
    Thousands more Central Americans were moving in groups in the Gulf state of Veracruz, the central state of Puebla and in the southern state of Chiapas, local media reported.
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