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Thousand-Strong Migrant 'March' Walking Toward US Border - Report

© REUTERS / Jorge CabreraA man carries a child along other Hondurans fleeing poverty and violence, as they move in a caravan toward the United States, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras October 13, 2018
A man carries a child along other Hondurans fleeing poverty and violence, as they move in a caravan toward the United States, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras October 13, 2018 - Sputnik International
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In April, a similar group of impoverished travelers failed to sway Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" stance on migration, which lead to the separation of migrants from Latin America illegally crossing the US border.

Hundreds of Hondurans have headed toward the American border fleeing poverty and violence, Reuters reported on Sunday, days after Washington pushed Latin American presidents for tighter borders.

The number of marchers is reportedly around 1,300 people, including families and women carrying babies. However, the Nicaraguan newspaper El Nuevo Diario says that their number exceeds 2,000.

According to Bartolo Fuentes, the organizer and former MP, the caravan, dubbed "March of the Migrant," departed from the northern Honduran town of San Pedro Sula and plans to cross over into Mexico through neighboring Guatemala.

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Once in Mexico, the migrants plan to seek asylum to remain in the country or request a visa to cross the US border.

In a similar desperate move in April, hundreds of migrants embarked on a journey from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala to the United States. They didn't make it to the final destination as the infuriated Donald Trump told Mexican authorities to stop them and barred them from entering the US.

Members of a caravan of migrants from Central America walk towards the United States border and customs facility, where they are expected to apply for asylum, in Tijuana, Mexico April 29, 2018 - Sputnik International
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This week's venture comes after US Vice President Mike Pence promised US backing to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador on Thursday in return for their help with curbing migration and gang violence.

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez lamented that the US had been cutting its funding, and voiced concerns over the reunification of migrant families illegally crossing the American border. Earlier this year, Donald Trump signed an order to bring migrant children together with their parents after Washington's policy of separating illegal border crossers sparked public backlash in the US and put Honduras under "huge pressure," according to Hernandez.

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