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#CaravanaMigrante: 5 keys to understand the phenomenon challenging Trump

The humanitarian crisis provoked by thousands of migrants that dream of obtaining asylum in the US has the entire region at crossroads. Español

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Migrant caravan of Hondurans, photographed on Sunday the 21st October. Image: Aporrea.org. All Rights Reserved.

With the deaths of 2 migrants from Central America that were travelling with the caravan that departed from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on the 13th of October, the humanitarian crisis provoked by the precarious situation in which approx. 7000 (the figures vary) people are walking towards asylum and a better life in the US has intensified.

This new migratory crisis has put Central America in the international spotlight and it highlights the need to amplify debate surrounding the structural issues underlying this migratory phenomenon such as violence, inequality, and borders.