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Tapachula (Mexico), Jul 15 (EFE) (camera: Juan Manuel Blanco) .- More than 2,000 migrants, many of them Haitians, remain stranded in Tapachula, in southeastern Mexico.
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), March 24 (EFE), (CAMERA: Raul Morales) .- Thousands of Central American migrants are living in shelters in Ciudad Juarez awaiting a miracle after being duped by "coyotes" about the ease of reaching the United States.
Tijuana (Mexico), Jan 22 (EFE) (CAMERA: Israel Martínez).- A break in the construction of the wall on the border between the United States and Mexico, announced by the new US president, Joe Biden, is a sign of hope for hundreds of migrants, mostly Central Americans, stranded in the Mexican city of Tijuana.
Matamoros (Mexico) (EFE), (Camera: Marco Antonio Rodríguez).- After months stranded in the border city of Matamoros waiting to receive asylum by the United States, hundreds of migrants hope of a radical change with Joe Biden's arrival at the White House.Thousands of kilometres away, a migrant caravan was prevented from crossing the Guatemala-Honduras border.FOOTAGE OF MIGRANTS STRANDED IN MATAMOROS, MEXICO.SOUNDBITES OF:-MARÍA GUADALUPE, GUATEMALAN MIGRANT:"Here everybody is happy. Cubans watch the news and they jump with excitement, they shout... They say 'We will cross. We just have to be patient and wait a few more months. "-ROBERTO HERNÁNDEZ, SALVADORAN MIGRANT:"We are happy that a president like that arrives (at the White House). A president who is reasonable and knows about humanity."-JUAN ANTONIO SIERRA VARGAS, COORDINATOR AT MIGRANT HOUSE:"There is no support from any level of government. We are facing critical conditions."
Matamoros (Mexico), Dec 18 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Marco Antonio Rodríguez) 2021 is a light of hope for migrants, confident that the pandemic will subside and that the arrival of Joe Biden to the presidency of the United States soften migration policies, circumstances that, together with the natural catastrophes that hit Central America, have turned 2020 into a dramatic year.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).