Welcome for migrants cools in Mexican town weary of caravans


  • World
  • Saturday, 20 Apr 2019

MAPASTEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) - So many migrants have stopped in the southern Mexican town of Mapastepec in recent months that longstanding public sympathy for Central Americans travelling northward is starting to wane.

Hundreds of migrants have been camped out for weeks in Mapastepec, where locals say six migrant caravans have arrived since last Easter. By far the biggest was a group of thousands in October that drew the anger of U.S. President Donald Trump.

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