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At Mexico-Guatemala border city, migrants wait months for asylum visas
Alasdair Baverstock

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Mexico continues to feel the strain of the ongoing migration crisis, as tens of thousands of ​Central America migrants cross into the state of Chiapas every month, aiming to continue north to the U.S. border. And a Mexican policy is building up pressure in one migrant hub, Tapachula, on the Mexico-Guatemala border. CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports on the long wait many migrants face to get asylum visas. This is the second in a series of reports on this issue.

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