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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

8,000-strong migrant caravan heads for US border

AP

A vast caravan of thousands of migrants is travelling to the US southern border, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Mexico to lead a high-level delegation for critical talks on the immigration crisis.

An estimated 8,000-strong group of migrants largely from Venezuela, Cuba and Central America, including many families with young children, crossed the Guatemalan border just before Christmas, according to the Associated Press.

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