Protesting migrants in southern Mexico threaten to form new caravan

Migrants wait outside the office of the National Migration Institute (INM) to get a QR code to register their migratory situation and travel throughout the country, in Tapachula, Mexico February 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Torres

TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants in the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Thursday protested against the slow pace of government visa approvals and threatened to form a fresh caravan that would head to the U.S. border.

The migrants, mostly from Haiti and parts of Latin America, have been stuck in Tapachula, in Chiapas state, while enduring lengthy waits for asylum and visa requests to be resolved.