Migrant caravan in southern Mexico to pause over health concerns

Migrants rest before they continue walking in a caravan heading to Mexico City, in Consuelo Ulapa, Mexico October 30, 2021. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

MAPASTEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) - 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 (62 miles) from the city of Tapachula on the Guatemalan border, leaving it still over 1,000 km away from Mexico City.