Mexico caravan migrants get visas as they trek toward US

Thousands of mostly Venezuelan migrants begin receiving temporary Mexican visas as they prepare to continue their trek toward US

Migrants from Latin America taking part in a caravan towards the border with the United States rest upon arriving in Huixtla, Chiapas State, Mexico.

A Mexican government official confirmed to the AFP news agency that humanitarian visas were being issued to the migrants, but Garcia said the process was slow. The caravan of people fleeing poverty, violence and political oppression in their homelands, set off on Monday in the same week that US President Joe Biden hosts the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, with migration one of the main agenda items.On Tuesday, the US announced a new commitment to provide $1.9 billion of private funding to Central America with the aim of slowing the migration wave.

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