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.
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