Climate Migration: Honduran couple flee amid storms, threats

4 days, 4 hours ago

Migrants left stranded in troubled resort as Mexico disperses them far from US border

ACAPULCO, Mexico — About 100 migrants from various countries wandered directionless and disoriented through the streets of the troubled Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. Two weeks ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Mexico continues dissolving attention-grabbing migrant caravans and dispersing migrants throughout the country to keep them far from the U.S. border, while simultaneously limiting how many accumulate in …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Honduran migrants brace for crisis as Donald Trump administration eyes mass deportations

Live Mint

As dozens of deported migrants pack into a sweltering airport facility in San Pedro Sula, Norma sits under fluorescent lights clutching a foam cup of coffee and a small plate of eggs – all that was waiting for her in Honduras. “We're praying for God's protection, because we don't expect anything from the government.” Now, as US President-elect Donald Trump …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

As Trump threatens mass deportations, Central America braces for an influx of vulnerable migrants

Associated Press

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — As dozens of deported migrants pack into a sweltering airport facility in San Pedro Sula, Norma sits under fluorescent lights clutching a foam cup of coffee and a small plate of eggs – all that was waiting for her in Honduras. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print ‘We …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mexico's migrant caravan: A journey of fading dreams, unyielding hope

India Today

The recent US presidential election has brought renewed challenges for a migrant caravan heading toward the United States. Venezuelan migrants Nelson Mejia, 42, and his daughter Darlyn Mejia,13, who are travelling in a caravan ride a bicycle along a highway on their way to the US border, in Villa Comaltitlan, Mexico. A drone view of migrants in a caravan sleeping …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Migrants in sanctuary city shelter react to Trump's election win and his promise to deport them

Daily Mail

Some of the migrants in sanctuary city New York are already 'terrified' of being deported by Donald Trump - but others are convinced they'll be free from persecution because they aren't criminals. I’m already planning on traveling to Costa Rica,' Venezuelan asylum seeker Luis told DailyMail.com on Thursday following Trump's win 'Why would you come here and steal? A caravan …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Thousands of Migrants Leave Mexico in Last Week Ahead of Election

Associated Press

A large group of 2,000 migrants left Mexico's southern border Sunday in a bid to reach the United States. The development comes weeks before the U.S. presidential election, which has been a key issue regarding immigration. The migrants, mostly from Venezuela, believe a new administration in the U.S. could put an end to asylum appointments through an online system called …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Migrant deaths in New Mexico have increased tenfold

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

US border policy spurred migrant camps hundreds of miles away in Mexico’s capital

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — “That’s it, dude! FILE - A Venezuelan migrant bathes her child at a migrant tent encampment set up on the perimeters surrounding the Santa Cruz y La Soledad Catholic parish church, in La Merced neighborhood of Mexico City, July 16, 2024. Venezuelan migrant Eliezer López spreads his arms in celebration after securing an appointment to seek asylum …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Migrants build makeshift life in Mexico City while waiting for US asylum

New Indian Express

MEXICO CITY: “That’s it, dude! Many tried to disguise their location to defeat CBP One’s geographic limits, but when U.S. authorities took notice, more migrants began aiming for Mexico City to make their appointments from there, he said. “The CBP One app is probably one of the best examples of that today.” “These folks are asylum seekers, they’re not homeless …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Drug cartels’ turf war in Mexico’s Chiapas state sends villagers fleeing to Guatemala

LA Times

In their native village in southern Mexico, people once lived a tranquil existence. They are among thousands of people displaced by an escalating turf war that has engulfed much of Mexico’s Chiapas state — known for its Indigenous cultures, spectacular nature, Maya ruins and picturesque colonial towns — in the sort of violence that has already convulsed so much of …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Venezuelan migrants in Mexico worry for their loved ones as political unrest roils their homeland

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Yenny Morales, 33, left her native Venezuela because she felt she had no other option. Since Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela, in which both incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and the country’s main opposition coalition claimed victory, her worries have shifted to her family back home. It’s really, really hard on us.” Tents set up by migrants, many …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

A group of 2,000 migrants advance through southern Mexico in hopes of reaching the US

Associated Press

TAPACHULA, Mexico — A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries set out on foot Tuesday through southern Mexico as they attempt to reach the U.S., although recent similar attempts have failed, with groups disbanding after a few days without leaving the region. “All of us here are hard-working human beings, we’re fighters,” said Laydi Sierra, a Venezuelan migrant …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

California heat has immigration activists bracing for a humanitarian crisis

NPR

California heat has immigration activists bracing for a humanitarian crisis toggle caption Ash Ponders for NPR SAN YSIDRO MOUNTAINS, Calif. — It’s dawn at the foot of Otay Mountain, and the heat is already nauseating. toggle caption Ash Ponders for NPR This summer, temperatures in California have soared to record-breaking highs, with some parts approaching the hottest ever recorded on …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Some Mexican shelters see crowding south of the border as Biden’s asylum ban takes hold

Associated Press

MATAMOROS, Mexico — Some shelters south of the U.S. border are caring for many more migrants now that the Biden administration stopped considering most asylum requests, while others have yet to see much of a change. In Tijuana, directors of four large shelters said this week that they haven’t received a single migrant deported since the asylum ban took effect. …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Some Mexican shelters see crowding south of the border as Biden's asylum ban takes hold

The Independent

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Mexico’s tactic to cut immigration to the U.S.? Wear out migrants

LA Times

Yeneska Garcia, a Venezuelan migrant, cries during a meal at a shelter in Villahermosa, Mexico, on Friday. “Mexico is the wall,” said Josue Martínez, a psychologist at Villahermosa’s only migrant shelter, Peace Oasis of the Holy Spirit Amparito, which was bracing for a crush of people under Biden’s measure to halt asylum processing when U.S. officials deem that the southern …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Mexico’s tactic to cut immigration to the US: wear out migrants

Associated Press

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — “Here, again.” Yeneska García’s face crumbled as she said it, and she pressed her head into her hands. “Mexico is the wall,” said Josue Martínez, a psychologist at Villahermosa’s only migrant shelter, Peace Oasis of the Holy Spirit Amparito, which was bracing for a crush of people under Biden’s measure to halt asylum processing when U.S. officials …

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7 months ago

Over 4,000 residents flee a town in southern Mexico after armed gangs start shooting, burn homes

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged Monday that authorities have had to set up camps for displaced people after some 4,200 residents fled a town in the southern state of Chiapas. Residents of the town of Tila fled over the weekend after armed gangs shot up the town and burned many homes last week, state prosecutors …

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7 months ago

Mexican authorities clear one of Mexico City’s largest downtown migrant tent encampments

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexican federal immigration authorities said Thursday they have cleared one of Mexico City’s largest downtown tent encampments of migrants. The National Immigration Institute says the migrants had been forced to pay bribes of between $12 and $35 to an official, who they didn’t identify, for the right to pitch a tent in the tightly-packed space. Residents of …

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7 months ago

Tired and confused, first migrants reach California border after Biden’s asylum order

LA Times

Shortly after President Biden’s executive order to restrict asylum access took effect late Tuesday, 50 migrants completed a nine-hour trek through the mountains just north of Tecate, Mexico. Many hadn’t heard of the order, which raises the legal standard for asylum claims and blocks access for those crossing the border illegally when average arrests are higher than 2,500 a day. …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

The latest hot spot for illegal border crossings is San Diego. But routes change quickly

Associated Press

JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. — On many nights, hundreds of migrants squeeze through poles in a border wall or climb over on metal ladders. San Diego was the busiest Border Patrol sector for decades until more enforcement pushed migrants to the desert area near Tucson, Arizona, which became the top spot by 1998. Troy Miller, CBP’s acting commissioner, said more …

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8 months ago

This gentrifying Mexico City neighborhood has a Soho House — and a migrant encampment

LA Times

In the rapidly gentrifying Mexico City neighborhood of Juarez, tourists roll suitcases to luxury Airbnbs, and music bumps from pool parties at Soho House, a new members-only club. “Even if it’s a tent.” Karenis Álvarez, 36, and her 17-year-old son from Venezuela make arepas outside their tent in Mexico City’s Juarez neighborhood. The sprawling encampment has triggered protests from angry …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Meet the homeless L.A. immigrants who built a DIY home in gentrifying Highland Park

LA Times

In a city of multimillion-dollar houses and celebrity estates, Cesar Augusto’s home stands apart. The rectangular shelter appears above the channel like a section of a wood-paneled suburban basement, and a sign hangs near the entrance: “Ponte trucha,” or “Stay sharp.” Augusto climbs a ladder up the steep wall of the channel to reach his makeshift shelter, another example of …

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1 year ago

Migrant caravan regroups in Mexico after government promise of papers falls through

Associated Press

ARRIAGA, Mexico — A caravan of about 2,000 migrants on Monday resumed their journey through southern Mexico, after participants were left without the papers the Mexican government appeared to have promised. Migrants walk along the highway through Arriaga, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, during their journey north toward the U.S. border. López Obrador has confirmed that …

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1 year ago

US delegation meets with Mexico’s government on migrant influx, as officials clear border tent camp

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials moved to clear a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande river Wednesday as U.S. officials met with Mexico’s president to press for measures to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border. Segismundo Doguín, the head of the local office of Mexico’s immigration agency, said, “What we are doing is …

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1 year ago

US-Mexico border crossings: Mayorkas describes ‘productive’ meeting with Mexico as Biden feels pressure over migrant crisis

CNN

CNN — Senior US officials held a “very productive meeting” with their Mexican counterparts Wednesday, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said, as Washington seeks help from Mexico City to drive down southern border crossings that have placed increasing pressure on President Joe Biden. “The regional challenge of migration requires regional solutions and we appreciate Mexico’s commitment to continue its …

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1 year ago

Northern Mexico: More than 11,000 migrants waiting amid border surge

CNN

CNN — While thousands of migrants enter the US illegally every day, more than 11,000 people continue to wait in shelters and camps on the Mexican side of the border, CNN has learned from community leaders. The waiting migrants feel “desperate,” according to Cañas – but many have put trust in mechanisms like the CBP One app, which automates scheduling …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Smugglers are bringing migrants to a remote Arizona border crossing, overwhelming US agents

Associated Press

LUKEVILLE, Ariz. — Gerston Miranda and his wife were among thousands of migrants recently arriving at this remote area on Arizona’s southern border with Mexico, squeezing into the United States through a gap in the wall and walking overnight about 14 miles with two school-aged daughters to surrender to Border Patrol agents. A group of migrants walk along the border …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Migrants struggle against the elements in San Diego’s open-air desert camps

LA Times

For the last three months, residents in this remote border community in southeastern San Diego County have seen their population nearly double, climbing from 600 to 1,200 as migrants from around the globe cross over from Mexico. Agency resources are spread thin, the official said, and Border Patrol isn’t set up to handle the recent surge in migrants crossing the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

They live near San Diego. Migrants pass through their backyards almost nightly

CNN

Jacumba Hot Springs, California CNN — Brian Silvas’ three dogs were usually the first to alert him that large groups of people were walking onto his San Diego County property. “The migrants have more rights than we do,” Maria Shuster said, alleging that Border Patrol and the local sheriff’s department have told them they’re not allowed to force the migrants …

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1 year, 2 months ago

123 migrants found trapped in a trailer in central Mexico

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti on Wednesday blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border. The contingent, including many women and children, later stopped walking at Huixtla, another town in the southern state of Chiapas, where they tried to get …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Migrants Booted From NYC Shelter Into Pummeling Rain

Huff Post

Migrants Victor Arana, left, Jose Leal and Argenes Cedeño outside the shelter, in the storm Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY This article was originally published on Sep 29 4:39pm EDT by THE CITY. “It doesn’t matter to them if we’re OK or not.” The men had to leave the Jefferson Street shelter, a converted commercial building, as part of a new city …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Mexican border city struggles to find space for migrants even with a new shelter

Associated Press

MATAMOROS, Mexico — At a massive encampment near an international bridge along the U.S.-Mexico border, migrants from Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela and elsewhere have turned scraps of plastic, poster board and rope into makeshift homes. Mexico’s immigration agency and a Catholic aid group are offering what may be at least a partial solution to conditions in this and other camps just …

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1 year, 5 months ago

‘We can’t endure this’: Migrants suffer in extreme Tunisian heat

Al Jazeera

Tunis, Tunisia – The makeshift camp outside the offices of the International Organization for Migration was practically deserted. However, since a racially charged speech in February by President Kais Saied accusing people from sub-Saharan Africa of bringing “violence, crime, and unacceptable practices” to Tunisia, Kelly, like most of those now sheltering under ceilings of nylon and tarpaulin in the affluent …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Climate change is pushing young people in Honduras to leave farming and migrate

NPR

Climate change is pushing young people in Honduras to leave farming and migrate The changing climate is reshaping migration from Honduras. Drought and erratic rainfall are undermining agriculture, pushing young people to migrate in search of a more secure future. Since the start of 2021, U.S. immigration authorities have encountered more migrants from Honduras at the southern U.S. border than …

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1 year, 5 months ago

AP PHOTOS: People shade, hydrate and stay indoors in scorching heat on U.S.-Mexico border

Associated Press

CALEXICO, Calif. — People withered in blistering heat on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, where temperatures hit a scorching highs this week and many got little relief from the sun. A man, who is homeless, looks at some refreshments in a bag given to him by Maribel Padilla of the Brown Bag Coalition, Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Calexico, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Is Mexico doing the US’s ‘dirty work’ when it comes to migration?

CNN

CNN — Marilyn Lomas had finally made it. But the enforcement has been chaotic, sporadic and, in the words of a former top Mexican official, “inefficient.” Tonatiuh Guillén was commissioner of Mexico’s National Migration Institute until 2019. Asked whether Mexico was doing the United States’ dirty work when it comes to immigration policy, Guillén said that “Mexico’s migration policy is …

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1 year, 7 months ago

‘Their only lifeline’ for migrants at the U.S. border: smartphones and TikTok

LA Times

At the migrant camp sprawled along the border wall between Tijuana and San Diego, Diana Rodriguez kept hearing chatter about a confusing TikTok video. Before they leave home, migrants often join Facebook groups to research routes and link up with others leaving around the same time, and, at the border, many asylum seekers rely on their phones to secure appointments …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Border appears calm after lifting of pandemic asylum restrictions

Associated Press

EL PASO, Texas — The border between the U.S. and Mexico was relatively calm Friday, offering few signs of the chaos that was feared following a rush by worried migrants to enter the U.S. before the end of pandemic-related immigration restrictions. Daniel Mora said most of the migrants took heed of flyers distributed this week by U.S. immigration authorities offering …

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1 year, 7 months ago

These migrants rushed to cross the border before Title 42 lifted. But in the US they’re facing a new set of worries

CNN

Brownsville, Texas CNN — Diocelina Querales cranes her neck as she tries to catch a glimpse of the faces behind the tinted windows of a bus that just rumbled in. An agency policy states that officials “will maintain family unity to the greatest extent operationally feasible, absent a legal requirement or an articulable safety or security concern that requires separation.” …

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1 year, 7 months ago

‘What now?’: Scenes from the US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera

The US is seeing an influx of migrants at its southern border with Mexico as a pandemic-era policy came to an end this week. “The question keeps coming up: ‘What now?’ I’ve been asking that question for two years, with no answers,” Nicholls said. “We are at a situation we’ve never been at before.” ‘It may not be enough’ Leaders …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Photos: Migrants amass along the border as Title 42 nears expiration

LA Times

As Title 42 is set to expire, security officials are bracing for what could be an unprecedented influx of migrants seeking asylum along the southern border. Somerton, Arizona Immigrants turn themselves over to U.S Border Patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border in Somerton, Ariz., on May 11. San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico Immigrants wait under tents to turn themselves over …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas

Associated Press

MATAMOROS, Mexico — About two dozen makeshift tents were set ablaze and destroyed at a migrant camp across the border from Texas this week, witnesses said Friday, a sign of the extreme risk that comes with being stuck in Mexico as the Biden administration increasingly relies on that country to host people fleeing poverty and violence. The fires were set …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Tents torched at large migrant camp across the border from Texas

LA Times

About two dozen makeshift tents were set ablaze and destroyed at a migrant camp across the border from Texas this week, witnesses said Friday, a sign of the extreme risk that comes with being stuck in Mexico as the Biden administration increasingly relies on that country to host people fleeing poverty and violence. Margarita, a Mexican woman staying at the …

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2 years ago

Migrant shelters try to help traumatized assault survivors

Associated Press

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Since he began volunteering two months ago for weekend shifts at a clinic in one of this border city’s largest shelters, Dr. Brian Elmore has treated about 100 migrants for respiratory viruses and a handful of more serious emergencies. Some don’t even realize they’re in the U.S.” In the past six months, Reyes Borrero and a …

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2 years ago

Migrant shelters try to help traumatized assault survivors

The Independent

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2 years ago

Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling

Associated Press

EL PASO, Texas — Hairdresser Grisel Garcés survived a harrowing, four-month journey from her native Venezuela through tropical jungles, migrant detention centers in southern Mexico and then jolting railcar rides north toward the U.S. border. Now on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande across from El Paso, Texas, she anxiously awaits a U.S. Supreme Court decision on asylum restrictions …

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2 years ago

Migrants flee more countries, regardless of US policies

Associated Press

TIJUANA, Mexico — In 2014, groups of unaccompanied children escaping violence in Central America overwhelmed U.S. border authorities in South Texas. A Trump-era ban on asylum, granted a brief extension by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday, was one of the U.S. policies affecting migrants’ decisions to leave their homes. “Many things happened at once but, in the …

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2 years ago

Migrants at US-Mexico border await ruling on asylum limits

Associated Press

EL PASO, Texas — Francisco Palacios waited for four hours with his wife and 3-year-old daughter at a border crossing between Tijuana and San Diego early Wednesday before going to a nearby hotel for a three-hour nap. “I want them to decide” on the public health rule known as Title 42, said Morey, who arrived six weeks ago in the …

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Climate Migration: Honduran couple flee amid storms, threats

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