'There's nothing in Honduras.' Migrant family in Mexico recount struggle in search for new home

Record ID: 1643651

  • Title: 'There's nothing in Honduras.' Migrant family in Mexico recount struggle in search for new home
  • Date: 27th October 2021
  • Summary: HUIXTLA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO (OCTOBER 26, 2021) (REUTERS) MIGRANT FAMILIES BATHING IN RIVER MIGRANT SCRUBBING CLOTHES ON ROCK NEXT TO RIVER GENERAL VIEW OF MIGRANTS BATHING IN RIVER MIGRANTS BATHING IN RIVER VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS LYING IN THE WATER MIGRANTS NEXT TO RIVER VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS GATHERED IN STREET VARIOUS OF HONDURAN FAMILY WALKING IN LOCAL STREETS IN SEARCH OF MEDIC
  • Embargoed: 10th November 2021 18:35
  • Keywords: Central America Honduras Mexico U.S.A. United States family immigration migrant caravan
  • Location: HUIXTLA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO
  • City: HUIXTLA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,South America / Central America,Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA001F0XNDC7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Several thousand migrants from South America, Central America and Haiti are trekking on foot towards the north in the hope of finding a better life.
    Among them is Julio Cesar Gonzalez and his family. They left Honduras two months ago.
    The hurricanes Eta and Iota flooded their home, leaving them homeless. Family members helped them out but they decided to leave Honduras and look for a better place to live in the north.
    "There's nothing in Honduras and you are not going to do anything there," Gonzalez told Reuters.
    Walking all day and sleeping on the streets is especially exhausting for his four and two year old children - they got sick, only a few days after the caravan set out.
    Despite of all their problems, Gonzalez has remained positive. "The caravan will be a success because it has God's blessing," he told Reuters.
    The caravan left on Saturday (October 23) from the city of Tapachula near the Guatemalan border towards Mexico's capital.
    (Production: Daniel Becerril, Rodolfo Pena Roja, Paul Vieira, Eva Weininger)
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