Mexico's treatment of migrants raises concern ahead of U.S. policy shift

Migrants, detained for months in southern Mexico, continue their trip in a caravan heading for Mexico City to speed up their applications for U.S. asylum, in Alvaro Obregon, in Chiapas state, Mexico April 24, 2023. REUTERS/Gabriela Sanabria

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An impending change in U.S. border policy could put increased pressure on Mexico's migrant detention system and lead to more reports of rights violations, migrant advocates have warned, in the wake of a fire that killed 40 people.

On May 11 the U.S. is slated to lift a COVID health order known as 'Title 42' that has allowed it to rapidly return migrants from the southern border back to Mexico.