Event: | OT Other |
Number: | 2020-000014 |
Country: | GTM Guatemala |
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Date (YMD): | 2020-1-14 |
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Information Source: | OCHA |
Comments: | Some 2,000 people, including men, women, young people, pregnant women, members of the LGBTIQ community and children, departed from San Pedro Sula on 14 January 2020. On 15 January, Guatemala's Migration Institute registered 662 individuals entering the country through the Customs Office at Corinto, Izabal and 1,612 individuals through the Customs Office at Agua Caliente, Chiquimula, both in north-eastern Guatemala. During the following days, the numbers of migrants crossing the country has increased to an estimated amount of 4,000 people according to The Guatemalan Migration Authorities. Migrants travel through Guatemala either on foot or take collective buses, mostly using Casa del Migrante shelters to rest during their journeys along the route. |
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