Trump also threatened to cut humanitarian aid to Central American countries. He also announced he was sending more than 5, troops to the U. The answer is complex. Necessity obliges us to leave. As a professor, sociologist and father whose own family once crossed the border of Mexico for a better life in the U. Poverty and violence are the main factors driving the caravan.
The proliferation of gangs, narcotics trafficking, corruption and impunity are all endemic problems in Honduras and Guatemala. Droughts and floods have also had devastating consequences on agricultural economies. These people are travelling in a caravan for their own protection, to avoid having to pay a smuggler and to minimize the risk of crime. But the roots of their plight are connected to larger issues and hemispheric politics played out over decades. Rage and threats will not make the caravan go away, as noted in a recent report by research and advocacy group, the Washington Office on Latin America WOLA.
Guatemala provides a great case for how U. We have to applaud the amount of people who told us the most important things were their children or grandchildren.
We understand the comedy effect of the answer but it also shows how many people see caravan holidays as a chance to be with family, across the generations. Other favourite suggestions were face wipes, firelighters, a favourite book, and one lady even told us she brings her coffee machine! We would like to say a huge thanks to all the staff at Sandy Balls Campsite for having us down to create these films and an even bigger thanks to all the campers who agreed to be on film!
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If you're a little confused about touring caravan insurance, read our helpful guide on understanding what it's all about and how to get the best value from your insurance. The government of Guatemala attempted to close the Guatemalan-Honduran border to the caravan on October 15; after a standoff of several hours, Guatemalan officials backed down.
The caravan continued to grow as it crossed Guatemala, and arrived about 3, strong at the Mexican-Guatemalan border on October 19, when the members slept overnight on a bridge at the border after being driven back by Mexican riot police with pepper spray. Mexico has begun slowly admitting caravan members to ask for asylum: as of October 24, the Mexican government said it had processed 1, applications.
But many have decided to stop waiting and swim across the river to enter without papers. On October 21, a surging group of migrants — thousands bigger than the group that had waited on the bridge — agreed to continue onward from Chiapas, Mexico, to the US. Some of them have pointed to concerns for their safety. In a lot of cases, people are probably motivated by more than one of these — a generalized sense of desperation and a generalized sense of hope for a better life.
But the reasons given by caravan members are squarely representative of the current wave of Central American migration to the US. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has used his authority to make it harder for people to claim asylum based on domestic or gang violence.
On October 22, as the caravan regrouped on the Mexican side of the Mexico-Guatemala border, the United Nations estimated its size at 7, migrants. But it might have captured the caravan at its peak — or simply been an overestimate. The government of Mexico issued a statement on Wednesday, October 24 estimating that 3, people were continuing to travel north.
The AP, the next morning, estimated the caravan at 4, to 5, people — but said its numbers were dwindling , as people stopped traveling due to exhaustion or fear one caravan member died falling from a truck, and rumors circulated about the deaths of two more.
Estimating crowd size is an inexact science even when the crowd is stationary. And the coverage of the caravan appears to have inspired others to plan their own.
The size of the caravan has led a lot of people to assume that someone must be organizing and supporting it. A video that appears to be from near the start of the caravan route, which shows money being handed out to women, has been used by conservatives in the US as evidence that the caravan is a liberal plot Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz has blamed George Soros and by the Honduran government as evidence that Fuentes and Libre, the political movement to which he belongs, are behind the caravan.
The Honduran government has confirmed that at least two caravan members have been killed in accidents since the departure; several police officers and caravan members were injured when the caravan burst through a border fence on the Guatemala-Mexico bridge on October The bet that caravan members are making is that it would be more dangerous to travel alone.
That makes it very easy to raise the specter of criminals or terrorists hiding within the caravan — to use any question mark to paint the whole caravan as a faceless and threatening mass. B-roll is a TV industry term for the brief clips that run on mute to illustrate a segment while an anchor is narrating or a talking head is commentating.
Caravans make for evocative b-roll: masses of people pressing toward the United States. And the president, Fox News-watcher-in-chief, has taken his cues on the caravan from the cable news channel. He started railing about it when Fox started covering it on October The caravan has provided more fodder. But she lost all her work when the government implemented strict coronavirus lockdown measures. She said she knows they might eventually be forced to return home, but decided to wait and see, keeping an eye on the military and police presence.
More than four million people in Honduras were affected by tropical storms that triggered mass floods and landslides. Sources say a final decision is expected only after Joe Biden takes office as US president on January By Sandra Cuffe. Published On 17 Jan But amid a heavy security presence, their onward journey remains precarious and uncertain. More from News. Pakistan takes far-right leader off terror list to end protests.
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