This comes as human rights groups are raising concerns over health conditions among the migrants and their children. This is Oaxaca’s human rights ombudsman Arturo Peimbert.
Arturo Peimbert: “Many have a fever. They are having acute bronchitis and respiratory problems. We estimate there are, more or less, 2,000 children who are traveling with this caravan. Some 500 are very, very young. It’s not only the problem with transportation, but we’re making a call to highlight this dimension of the crisis we are facing.”
Last week, Mexico offered the migrants temporary work permits if they stayed in parts of southern Mexico, but Mexican police are also cracking down on the migrants, killing a Honduran man on Monday.