Published by the New Humanitarian on September 21, 2022.
The grim situation of migrants stuck in Mexico’s southern-border city of Tapachula.
As numbers rise, the hardships of migration through Mexico multiply
13 Reports tagged “Mexico-Guatemala Border”
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Journey to reach Mexico fraught with danger and uncertainty for migrants
Published on July 25, 2022 by Cronkite News.
A report from Tapachula, near the Mexico-Guatemala border, where stranded migrants face hunger, discrimination, and insecurity.
Migration and the Summit of the Americas
Published by WOLA on June 23, 2022.
A discussion of Latin America’s historic current levels of migration, commitments made at the Summit of the Americas, and what WOLA staff have seen during recent fieldwork at the U.S.-Mexico and Mexico-Guatemala borders.
Mexico: Asylum Seekers Face Abuses at Southern Border
Published by Human Rights Watch on June 6, 2022.
A field report on abuses of migrant rights in Mexico’s southern-border city of Tapachula, focusing on the asylum-seeking migrant population stranded there.
Struggling to Survive: Plight of Asylum Seekers at Mexico’s Southern Border Highlights Need for Regional Action
Published by WOLA on June 2, 2022.
Report on a March 2022 research visit to Tapachula, near Mexico’s border with Guatemala, where large numbers of asylum-seeking migrants are stranded by U.S. and Mexican policies.
Pushed into the Shadows: Mexico’s Reception of Haitian Migrants
Published by Refugees International on April 28, 2022.
An investigation, based on interviews, of the conditions Haitian migrants face in Mexico and, in some cases, after crossing into the United States.
Tapachula migrante, la ciudad que somos
Publicado por Chiapas Paralelo el 31 de marzo de 2022.
A multimedia essay about the waves of migration that have marked the history of Mexico’s southern border-zone city of Tapachula.
Hondureños, del sueño americano al tapachulteco
Publicado por Chiapas Paralelo el 17 de marzo de 2022.
Profiles Honduran migrants who have decided to settle in the relative safety of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico after seeing their efforts to reach the United States blocked.
Mexico Must Cease Violence Against Migrants and Offer Solutions to Avert Asylum Crisis at its Southern Border
Published by WOLA on September 9, 2021.
A reaction to Mexican security and immigration forces’ harsh response to asylum-seeking migrants’ efforts to leave the country’s southern border zone.
At the Mexican Border
Published by the London Review of Books on October 8, 2020.
An El Salvadoran journalist documents the hardships suffered by African migrants at the Mexico-Guatemala border.
The Moving Border
Published by National Public Radio Latino USA on May 27, 2020.
A two-part audio series looks at the impact of the Trump administration’s crackdown on asylum, reporting from Ciudad Juárez and Tapachula.
Mi último viaje en la bestia antes del Covid-19
Publicado por el Movimiento Migrante Mesoamericano el 12 de mayo de 2020.
Striking photos by Rubén Figueroa of migrants aboard La Bestia, the cargo train that traverses southeast Mexico, in late 2019.
The “Wall” Before the Wall: Mexico’s Crackdown on Migration at its Southern Border
Published by WOLA on December 17, 2019.
A report based on fieldwork performed along the Mexico-Guatemala border in August 2019.