audio, stills, text and or video: Go to zReportage.com to see more. ..An estimated 2,300 children traveling with the migrant caravan now in Mexico need protection and access to essential services like healthcare, clean water and adequate sanitation, UNICEF warned. The long and arduous journey has left children exposed to inclement weather, including dangerously hot temperatures, with limited access to proper shelter. Some have already fallen ill or suffered from dehydration. Many of the children and families in the caravan are fleeing gang and gender-based violence, extortion, poverty and limited access to quality education and social services in their home countries of northern Central America, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Sadly, these conditions are part of daily life for millions of children in the region. Each day, families facing these harsh conditions make the painful decision to leave their homes, communities and countries in search of safety and a more hopeful future. While those traveling with the caravan hope for safety in numbers, the perils of using irregular migration routes remain significant, especially for children. The journey is long, uncertain and full of danger, including the risk of exploitation, violence and abuse. President Trump is sending more than 5,200 troops to the US-Mexico border as he warned a caravan of migrants walking towards it 'This is an invasion'. The soldiers are being deployed by the Pentagon as part of a mission dubbed Operation Faithful Patriot to 'harden' the southern border, supporting the border control and about 2,000 National Guard forces who have already been sent there. The caravan started in Honduras on 13 October with about 1,000 Hondurans and has picked up more people as it travelled through Guatemala into Mexico. The migrants from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador say they are fleeing persecution, poverty and violence in their home countries.
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October 27, 2018 - San Pedro Tapantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico - A caravan of thousands of Central American migrants walked and hitchhiked trying to reach the town of Tapantepec in Oaxaca state, Saturday. The caravan was blocked momentarily for the Mexican federal police before keep on pressing on north. President Trump has vowed to stop them.
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October 24, 2018 - Mapastepec, Chiapas, Mexico - Thousands of Central American migrants continued their journey toward the US border Thursday, reaching the coastal town of Mapastepec, in Chiapas, Mexico, An estimated 7,200 migrants from Honduras and other countries have pressed on, sleeping on roads, traveling on rafts, going without food and water and facing police and threats from President Trump, who called them a ''threat'' and vowed to send troops to the border with Mexico.
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October 25, 2018 - Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico - A young Honduran migrant jumps into a a truck in motion trying to leave Mapastepec city. A caravan of thousands of Honduran migrants continued their trek crossing Mexico, toward the USA Thursday, reaching the town of Pijijiapan, Chiapas Mexico.
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October 29, 2018 - Santiago Niltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico - Central American migrants continue their trek toward the US, riding on top of trucks on Monday to the town of Santiago Niltepec in Oaxaca state. As the number of migrants in the caravan has dropped as people become discouraged or too tired to carry on, President Trump says he is planning to send 5200 American troops to the border to stop what he calls an ''invasion.''
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October 25, 2018 - Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico - A Honduran migrant woman leave Mapastepec city. A caravan of thousands of Honduran migrants continued their trek crossing Mexico, toward the USA Thursday, reaching the town of Pijijiapan, Chiapas Mexico.
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October 25, 2018 - Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico - A Honduran migrant family leaves Mapastepec city. A caravan of thousands of Honduran migrants continued their trek crossing Mexico, toward the USA Thursday, reaching the town of Pijijiapan.
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© October 29, 2018 - Santiago Niltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico - A man shows American coins he uses as talisman as Central American migrants continue their trek across Mexico toward the US. As the number of migrants in the caravan has dropped as people become discouraged or too tired to carry on, President Trump says he is planning to send 5200 American troops to the border to stop what he calls an ''invasion.'' Credit Image: © Miguel Juarez Lugo/ZUMA Wire
October 29, 2018 - Santiago Niltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico - Central American migrants continue their trek across Mexico toward the US, Monday to the town of Santiago Niltepec in Oaxaca state on Monday. A Honduran migrant holds his baby, as the number of migrants in the caravan has dropped as people become discouraged or too tired to carry on. President Trump says he is planning to send 5200 American troops to the border to stop what he calls an ''invasion''.
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October 24, 2018 - Mapastepec, Chiapas, Mexico - Thousands of Central American migrants continued their journey toward the US border Thursday, reaching the coastal town of Mapastepec. An estimated 7,200 migrants from Honduras and other countries have pressed on, sleeping on roads, traveling on rafts, going without food and water and facing police and threats from President Trump, who called them a ''threat'' and vowed to send troops to the border with Mexico.
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October 29, 2018 - Santiago Niltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico - A couple sleep in the ground as Central American migrants continue their trek toward the US, to the town of Santiago Niltepec in Oaxaca state on Monday. As the number of migrants in the caravan has dropped as people become discouraged or too tired to carry on, President Trump is planning to send 5200 American troops to the border to stop what he calls an “invasion.
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October 24, 2018 - Mapastepec, Chiapas, Mexico - A little boy from Honduras, looks out from a van window as he catches a lift as he and his mother joined thousands of Central American migrants continued their journey toward the US border Thursday, reaching the coastal town of Mapastepec. An estimated 7,200 migrants from Honduras and other countries have pressed on, sleeping on roads, traveling on rafts, going without food and water and facing police and threats from President Trump, who called them a ''threat'' and vowed to send troops to the border with Mexico.
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October 25, 2018 - Mapastepec, Chiapas, Mexico - Honduran migrants take a bath in the river, after reaching the city of Pijijiapan Thursday. A caravan of thousands of Honduran migrants continued their trek crossing Mexico, toward the USA.
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October 24, 2018 - Mapastepec, Chiapas, Mexico - Thousands of Central American migrants continued their journey toward the US border Thursday, reaching the coastal town of Mapastepec. An estimated 7,200 migrants from Honduras and other countries have pressed on, sleeping on roads, traveling on rafts, going without food and water and facing police and threats from President Trump, who called them a 'threat' and vowed to send troops to the border with Mexico.
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October 25, 2018 - Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico - A group of Honduran migrants get help from a truck as they get ready to leave Mapastepec. A caravan of thousands of Honduran migrants continued their trek crossing Mexico, toward the USA Thursday, reaching the town of Pijijiapan, Chiapas Mexico.
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October 26, 2018 - Arriaga, Chiapas, Mexico - A man sleeps near train tracks as a caravan of thousands of Honduran migrants presses north, reaching the town of Arriaga on Friday, President Trump began considering ways to stop them, including suspending the right to claim asylum in the US, which has became the main way of gaining entry to the country.
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October 27, 2018 - San Pedro Tapantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico - A caravan of thousands of Central American migrants walked and hitchhiked trying to reach the town of Tapantepec in Oaxaca state, Saturday. The caravan was blocked momentarly for the Mexican federal police before keep on pressing on north. President Trump has vowed to stop them.
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October 27, 2018 - San Pedro Tapantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico - A caravan of thousands of Central American migrants walked and hitchhiked trying to reach the town of Tapantepec in Oaxaca state, Saturday. The caravan was blocked momentarily by the Mexican federal police before it kept pressing on north. President Trump has vowed to stop them.
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October 26, 2018 - Arriaga, Chiapas, Mexico - As a caravan of thousands of Honduran migrants presses north, reaching the town of Arriaga on Friday, President Trump began considering ways to stop them, including suspending the right to claim asylum in the US, which has became the main way of gaining entry to the country. A little girl and her grandmother rest in a good samaritan house.
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