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Honduras Responds to U.S.-Bound Caravan
« on: April 07, 2018, 11:48:34 am »
Honduras Responds to U.S.-Bound Caravan

By Kausha Luna on April 4, 2018

Over Easter weekend, over 1,000 Central Americans began a trek through Mexico, aiming to reach the U.S.-Mexico border and request asylum in the United States.

On April 3, President Trump tweeted that foreign aid to Honduras was at risk if the caravan composed of mostly Honduran migrants made it to the U.S. border.

https://cis.org/Luna/Honduras-Responds-USBound-Caravan
In turn, the Honduran government published a press release emphasizing the decrease in Honduran emigration. Published by the Honduran Foreign Ministry, it reads (my translation):