Mexico central american migrants articles
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These are the border officers that migrants fear – and they are not the Americans
The rust-colored barrier soars into the cloudless blue sky, a solid and almost impassable marker of the border between Mexico and the United States. But then it stops, when the rough, hilly terrain becomes a mountain, or a large boulder blocks the way. These are the spots well known by human smugglers, who bring migrants in vans, show them the gaps, tell them to head north and to call 911 if they can’t find US Border Patrol officers to hand themselves in. A few months ago, sometimes hundreds of...
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Police clear out a migrant camp in central Paris
French police evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away from the Seine River on Tuesday, the latest operation in what aid groups call a campaign of ‘’social cleansing'' ahead of the Summer Olympics. Before dawn on an unusually cold April morning, around 30 teenage boys
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The Central American region where people live longest
Costa Rica is home to one of the five Blue Zones – regions of the world with populations that regularly live into healthy old age.