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Remembering the caravan: 5 essential reads on the desperation behind Central American migration

  • Written by Catesby Holmes, Global Affairs Editor, The Conversation US

Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that – for them – exemplified 2018.

A mother, determined and frantic, sprints with her two children, escaping a trail of tear gas. She wears a “Frozen” T-shirt. Both girls are in diapers; one runs barefoot.

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