CHIAPAS, MÉXICO.- A girl sleeps on the bars that were closed at the border crossing in Ciudad Hidalgo on October 19, 2018, after thousands of migrants tried to cross by force to Chiapas, Mexico, from Guatemala. Around four thousand Central American children of different ages, mainly from Honduras, traveled with their families during the 2018 migrant caravan, which departed early in October from that country, with the purpose of crossing the northern border of Mexico and arriving to the United States in search of better life conditions. The journey lasted about a month meanwhile migrants, especially children, suffered the difficult conditions of traveling through the Mexican Republic, such as dehydration and other diseases, just to aim the goal of get to Tijuana, where they await an opportunity to reach the "American dream". So far, there are no official amounts of how many people have managed to cross the border but thousands are still waiting for a response while staying in improvised shelters.
CHIAPAS, MÉXICO.- Around ten thousand migrants advance on the highway from Ciudad Hidalgo to Tapachula, on October 21, 2018. Around four thousand Central American children of different ages, mainly from Honduras, traveled with their families during the 2018 migrant caravan, which departed early in October from that country, with the purpose of crossing the northern border of Mexico and arriving to the United States in search of better life conditions. The journey lasted about a month meanwhile migrants, especially children, suffered the difficult conditions of traveling through the Mexican Republic, such as dehydration and other diseases, just to aim the goal of get to Tijuana, where they await an opportunity to reach the "American dream". So far, there are no official amounts of how many people have managed to cross the border but thousands are still waiting for a response while staying in improvised shelters.
CHIAPAS, MÉXICO.- A mother gives her children a drink at dawn in the main square of Huixtla, where thousands of migrants, including children, rest on October 23, 2018, to resume the road in the next few hours. Around four thousand Central American children of different ages, mainly from Honduras, traveled with their families during the 2018 migrant caravan, which departed early in October from that country, with the purpose of crossing the northern border of Mexico and arriving to the United States in search of better life conditions. The journey lasted about a month meanwhile migrants, especially children, suffered the difficult conditions of traveling through the Mexican Republic, such as dehydration and other diseases, just to aim the goal of get to Tijuana, where they await an opportunity to reach the "American dream". So far, there are no official amounts of how many people have managed to cross the border but thousands are still waiting for a response while staying in improvised shelters.
TIJUANA, MÉXICO.- Children buy candies in front of a police fence that settled on the border between Mexico and the United States, after a small group of migrants held a demonstration near the San Ysidro Cross Border on November 22, 2018. Around four thousand Central American children of different ages, mainly from Honduras, traveled with their families during the 2018 migrant caravan, which departed early in October from that country, with the purpose of crossing the northern border of Mexico and arriving to the United States in search of better life conditions. The journey lasted about a month meanwhile migrants, especially children, suffered the difficult conditions of traveling through the Mexican Republic, such as dehydration and other diseases, just to aim the goal of get to Tijuana, where they await an opportunity to reach the "American dream". So far, there are no official amounts of how many people have managed to cross the border but thousands are still waiting for a response while staying in improvised shelters.
TIJUANA, MÉXICO.- A father plays with his little girl, during the demonstration that a small group of migrants held a demonstration near the San Ysidro Cross Border on November 22, 2018. Around four thousand Central American children of different ages, mainly from Honduras, traveled with their families during the 2018 migrant caravan, which departed early in October from that country, with the purpose of crossing the northern border of Mexico and arriving to the United States in search of better life conditions. The journey lasted about a month meanwhile migrants, especially children, suffered the difficult conditions of traveling through the Mexican Republic, such as dehydration and other diseases, just to aim the goal of get to Tijuana, where they await an opportunity to reach the "American dream". So far, there are no official amounts of how many people have managed to cross the border but thousands are still waiting for a response while staying in improvised shelters.
