There was no indication from officials whether the request to transport the perhaps 4,000 people remaining in the group would be granted. Starting out in Honduras more than two weeks ago, the caravan migrants have spent their nights camping out in the main squares of small cities in the southern states of Chiapas and now Oaxaca. The two groups combined represent just a few days’ worth of the average flow of migrants to the United States. They said asylum in the United States is their primary goal, but some expressed openness to applying for protected status in Mexico if that doesn’t work out. “Continue on to the United States, that is the first objective,” said Carlos Enrique Carcamo, a 50-year-old boat mechanic.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 31, 2018 13:41 UTC