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Migrants travel in groups for a simple reason: safety

  • Written by Karen Jacobsen, Henry J. Leir Chair in Global Migration, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
Central American migrants face extortion, robbery, assault, kidnapping, rape and murder on their weeks-long journey through Mexico. Some find safety in numbers.AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

A caravan of Central American migrants traveling to the United States to seek asylum is now halfway through Mexico.

The caravan began on Oct. 13 in Honduras with 200...

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