Migrant caravan from Mexico dissolves to surrender to the authorities

The caravan of thousands of migrants that left the Mexican state of Chiapas on December 24 bound for the United States dissolved this Tuesday after the agreement reached by immigration authorities to address their requests. Among them, according to local media reports, is the offer of humanitarian visas to the family units that make up the caravan called the “Poverty Exodus.”

The caravan, made up of more than 15,000 people from approximately 24 countries, had formed in Tapachula - near the border with Guatemala - and dispersed after nine days of marching in the municipality of Mapastepec. The migrants in the caravan handed themselves over to the agents of the National Migration Institute in Chiapas, where they can process their documents.

The National Migration Institute said that migrants must go to the National Commission for Assistance to Refugees to begin the corresponding procedures. Minors will be placed at the disposal of the National System for the Comprehensive Development of the Family and the Office of the Protection of Girls, Boys and Adolescents, which will indicate to the immigration authorities the steps to follow in these cases.

The caravan coincided last week with the visit of the secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and other senior officials, at a time when there is an unprecedented increase in the number of migrants seeking to reach the southern border of the United States and a situation of true chaos at border points and the southern states.