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‘It’s really hard here’: Migrants heading north from Latin America face barriers at the US-Mexico border

April 10, 2023Migration

Migrants from as far south as Chile are walking north to the United States, hoping for a better life. But before they make it to that border, they must make it across Mexico’s southern border.

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Thousands of Haitians trying to reach the US are in limbo in Tapachula in southern Mexico

September 29, 2021Migration

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