Mexico Gave the Migrant Caravan a Warm Welcome. It Wasn’t Always This Way.
MEXICO CITY — The caravan of Central Americans that has been making its way from Honduras toward the United States border moved on from Mexico City in the pre-dawn chill […]
Immigration and Emigration
German Minister Fires Divisive Spy Chief, but Still Faces Calls to Step Down
BERLIN — Germany’s interior minister faced calls for his resignation on Tuesday, after his dismissal of a spy chief who had given fuel to right-wing and anti-immigrant sentiment failed to […]
The Nauru Experience: Zero-Tolerance Immigration and Suicidal Children
TOPSIDE, Nauru — She was 3 years old when she arrived on Nauru, a child fleeing war in Sri Lanka. Now, Sajeenthana is 8. Her gaze is vacant. Sometimes she […]
Migrants Bring Cricket (and Victory) to Life in Northern France
ST.-OMER, France — The players erupted in joy, dancing and shouting in Pashto, celebrating their second victory in a regional cricket tournament. It might have been a familiar scene in […]
How the Far Right Is Shaking Germany’s Political Order
Every Friday in Chemnitz, Germany, a crowd of far-right activists gather to denounce immigrants. “What should we do with foreigners?” a man calls into a megaphone. “Out out out!” the […]
New Migrant Caravans Trek North, Ignoring Political Repercussions
TAPACHULA, Mexico — It was only last week that a caravan with thousands of Central American migrants hunkered down for the night here in Tapachula, in southern Mexico. Days later, […]
Campbell Soup ‘Accelerates’ Executive’s Departure After George Soros Tweet
A Campbell Soup Company executive who had planned to retire next month left last week instead after sharing a conspiracy theory on Twitter about a migrant caravan in Mexico, the […]
Migrants Reach a Crossroads in Mexico, Far From the Raging Debate
ARRIAGA, Mexico — The thousands of migrants traveling through southern Mexico toward the United States border poured into the rail town of Arriaga on Friday, filling the town’s main park […]
The Migrant Caravan: What to Know About the Thousands Traveling North
PIJIJIAPAN, Mexico — For two weeks, throngs of people have trudged north, crossing first from Honduras into Guatemala and then on to Mexico, bound for the United States border. They […]
Bulletin Board: Why The Times Is Covering the Caravan
Several readers have written to The Times asking why news organizations like ours are covering the caravan of migrants from Central America making their way toward the United States. These […]
U.K. Apologizes for Visa Letters Demanding Immigrants Submit a DNA Test
LONDON — Britain’s home secretary has apologized to hundreds of immigrants who were illegally forced to provide DNA samples as part of a visa application process to settle in the […]
Mexico Dispatch: Blistered Feet, Sleepless Nights. The Caravan Presses On.
PIJIJIAPAN, Mexico — María has been traveling with her two daughters from Honduras in the company of thousands of strangers, most of whom are young, single men. So it follows […]
How the Migrant Caravan Became a Trump Election Strategy
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The flier began circulating on social media in Honduras this month, showing a lone migrant sketched against a bright red backdrop. It was a call […]
Debunking 5 Viral Images of the Migrant Caravan
A group of Honduran migrants traveling through Mexico toward the United States has attracted enormous amounts of attention in recent days, including a litany of false, misleading and unproven statements […]
Migrant Caravan Driven by Hope but Uncertain of Success
HUIXTLA, Mexico — Soon after dawn on Tuesday, the mayor stood on the central plaza of his town here in southern Mexico and took stock. Thousands of migrants — men, […]
Trump Threatens to Punish Honduras Over Immigrant Caravan
MEXICO CITY — President Trump threatened on Tuesday to withhold aid from the Honduran government if it did not halt a mass migration of more than 1,500 people, mainly from […]
What Is the Migrant Caravan and Why Does Trump Care?
A caravan of migrants, nearly all of them Hondurans, is making its way north through Guatemala toward Mexico and the United States. It is the latest, and certainly the largest, […]
Sweden Indicts Woman Who Tried to Block Afghan Man’s Deportation on Flight
STOCKHOLM — Swedish prosecutors have indicted a woman who in July staged a standoff to prevent the deportation of a rejected asylum seeker to Afghanistan by refusing to take her […]
McKinsey Takes Heat for Its Saudi Work
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Voices From the Caravan: Why These Honduran Migrants Are Heading North
GUATEMALA CITY — For days they have traveled north from their homes in Honduras, walking, taking buses and hitching rides in cars and trucks. They have carried only the essentials […]