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Added on the 29/04/2018 02:00:00 - Copyright : AFP EN
Authorities on Mexico's southern border with Guatemala detain undocumented Central American migrants hoping to reach the US, amid speculation about the contents of Mexico's deal to curb migration in order to avert President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs. IMAGES
At least 10,000 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, are stranded in Necoclí, a port town on the Colombian coast near Panama. According to the local ombudsman, the migrants are held up waiting for boats to take them to the border with the Central American country, in the hope of eventually reaching the United States. IMAGES
Around 2000 Central American migrants cross the Sushiate River between Guatemala and Mexico as they perue their efforts to reach the United States, fleeing violence and poverty in their home countries. IMAGES
The first members of a new caravan of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States start walking across southern Mexico after earlier crossing the Guatemala-Mexico border. IMAGES
Hundreds of Central American migrants attempt to storm a border fence separating Mexico from the United States amid mounting fears they will be kept in Mexico while their applications for asylum are processed. IMAGES
Hundreds of Central American migrants make their way in Mexico after crossing the Suchiate river on the border with Guatemala, forming a column and trekking to Ciudad Hidalgo, in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. IMAGES
Central American migrants cross the Suchiate river into southern Mexican territory as a new caravan of migrants tries to reach the United States. IMAGES
Central American migrants wait for rides by the side of a highway in order to be able to pursue their journey from Guadalajara in central Mexico toward Mazatlan, and hopefully to the United States. IMAGES
Hundreds of Honduran migrants brave Guatemala's Suchiate River, on the border with Mexico, in an effort to enter the country and eventually reach the US. IMAGES