Mexico to give papers to children, pregnant women in migrant caravan

A migrant receives medical help while resting alongside other migrants during a caravan heading to Mexico City, in Escuintla, Mexico October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jacob Garcia

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico said on Thursday it would give humanitarian visas to children and pregnant women in a migrant caravan moving north from southern Mexico, adopting a softer approach to the task of containing migrant flows than at times taken recently.

Lasting a year, the visas grant migrants access to public services like healthcare, as well as the ability to work.