A migrant caravan trekking slowly through southern Mexico will rest a day due to concern over the health of dozens of women and children, one of its organizers said on Saturday, as the government urged the people to accept humanitarian visas.
In often sweltering heat, the group of a few thousand people has during the past week advanced only about 100 kilometers from the city of Tapachula on the Guatemalan border, leaving it still over 1,000 km away from Mexico City.
"There are more than 150 boys and girls who can't walk any more," Villagran said. "There are pregnant women with sores on their feet who can't continue walking. We estimate there are 90 women in a critical state." "People's health and their lives should not be put at risk, irrespective of their migration status," the INM said in a statement.
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