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Honduran migrants taking part in a caravan heading to the US arrive at a border crossing point with Mexico in Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala on October 19, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

5000 troops, night vision helicopters to be sent to US-Mexico border

The United Nations estimates about 7,000 people have joined the caravan since it set out from San Pedro Sula, Honduras,...

30 Oct 2018 12:39 PM IST

US President Donald Trump shows a signed Presidential Memorandum after delivering a statement on the Iran nuclear deal from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

US planning 'tent cities' for migrants, says Donald Trump

Trump said that asylum seekers would remain in detention while their claims were being processed.

30 Oct 2018 12:13 PM IST

The first group was able to cross the river on rafts an option now blocked by Mexican Navy river and shore patrols. The police allowed the passage of the migrants. (Photo | AP)

2nd group of migrants enters Mexico as main caravan resumes

Once on the Mexican side the migrants were surrounded and escorted by dark-uniformed officers as sirens wailed.

30 Oct 2018 11:32 AM IST

Honduran migrants taking part in a caravan heading to the US arrive at a border crossing point with Mexico in Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala on October 19, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Trump tells migrant caravan to go back, apply for US citizenship

Caravan of some 5,000 to 7,000 people, mostly from 3 Latin American countries El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala is...

26 Oct 2018 12:45 PM IST

Honduran migrants taking part in a caravan heading to the US arrive at a border crossing point with Mexico in Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala on October 19, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Migrant caravan halted after storming Guatemala-Mexico border

The migrants are generally fleeing poverty and insecurity in Honduras, where powerful street gangs rule their turf with...

20 Oct 2018 2:41 PM IST

Video clips posted on Twitter showed large numbers of migrants dashing across a shallow concrete waterway toward the border (Photo: AFP)

US shuts border post as migrants try to cross from Mexico

Mexican Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete accused some of the migrants of attempting the Tijuana crossing in a...

26 Nov 2018 8:28 AM IST

Trump said that he was working with Congress to find USD 6 billion in new funding for 2018 and 2019 to fight the opioid crisis. The plan will also seek to cut opioid. (Photo: File)

US-bound refugees will have to wait in Mexico while claims are...

Move was cautiously welcomed by some waiting refugees but Mexico's incoming interior minister said there was no...

25 Nov 2018 3:57 PM IST

Local officials have offered lodging in town squares and empty warehouses or arranged transport for the migrants, participants in a journey organized by the immigrant advocacy group Pueblo Sin Fronteras. (Photo: AP)

Migrant caravan heading to US border puts Mexico in tough spot with...

Local officials have offered lodging and arranged transport for the migrants, in a journey organized by immigrant...

3 April 2018 3:43 PM IST