Thousands of migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador marching from Central America to the United States have reached Mexico. The first wave of approximatively 5 000 migrants that arrived in the Mexican capital has been sheltered in the city’s sports stadium, the Mexican government is reportedly processing over 2 800 asylum applications and over 1 000 asylum seekers have been deported back to their home countries. Ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, Donald Trump has deployed nearly 7 000 active troops to secure US borders.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Dawit Tesfay 

For further information:

BBC World News:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46092995

The Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/migrant-caravan-in-mexico-trudges-through-route-of-death/2018/11/03/cadd4b06-dfc8-11e8-8bac-bfe01fcdc3a6_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.48964a90ce76