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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Edgar H. Clemente

Migrant caravan leaves southern Mexican city but many are no longer aiming for the US border

Mexico Migration - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Hundreds of migrants, most of them from Haiti, left the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on foot Tuesday seeking better living conditions elsewhere in Mexico.

Migrant caravans like the one that left Tapachula used to aim for the U.S. border. But many of the migrants leaving Tapachula on Tuesday said they had lost hope of making it to the U.S. due to the restrictions that the Trump administration has placed on asylum seekers.

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