Representatives of four migrant shelters in northern Mexico told Reuters that they had seen an uptick in Mexican migrants heading to the border. "There are more people crossing the desert," said Marla Conrad, a social worker for the Kino border initiative in the city of Nogales, close to the US border. On Wednesday, he said his administration will use a health-focused statute to swiftly remove migrants or asylum seekers who cross the US-Mexico border illegally. After a peak in May last year of more than 133,000 overall apprehensions led to threats of tariffs from Trump, Mexico stepped up containment of migrants from neighbouring Central American nations. The United States has reported just over 4,700 coronavirus cases and 87 deaths, paralysing the country.

Source: bd News24 March 18, 2020 22:52 UTC