Mexican officials have sped up the transfer of thousands of migrants from southern Mexico to other regions as northern border states prepare to receive asylum seekers sent back to Mexico from the U.S.
Following a court order, the Biden administration is reinstating Migrant Protection Protocols requiring asylum seekers to wait out their cases in Mexico.
Migrants line up to board a bus after accepting an offer from the Mexican government to obtain humanitarian visas to transit through Mexican territory, in Tapachula on Dec. 5, 2021.MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials have sped up the transfer of thousands of migrants from southern Mexico to other regions as northern border states prepare to receive asylum seekers sent back to Mexico from the United States.
Dozens of buses full of migrants, mostly from Central America as well as some from Cuba and Venezuela, have the city of Tapachula in Chiapas state in recent days to head to other states, a Reuters witness and an activist said on Monday. Many of the migrants had waited months in Tapachula, near the Guatemala border, to try to regularize their migration status. Many have left violent and impoverished home countries hoping to eventually seek asylum in the United States.
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