About 1.000 Cuban migrants have arrived in the Mexican city of Juarez on the border with the US, as well as about 400 other migrants from Central America, the Mexican authorities announced today.
"The Cubans started arriving on Monday," said Enrique Valenzuela, the Mexican official in charge of migrants at the border.
According to him, many Cubans came with their families and are seeking asylum in the US.
At the same time, in the south of Mexico, about 5.000 migrants of various nationalities in several caravans crossed the border from Guatemala and are moving towards the Mexican-American border.
US President Donald Trump has sent troops to the border with Mexico and wants to build a wall to prevent illegal migrants from entering the US.
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