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When fleeling is not an option, finding a safe way to do so is quite an endeavour. The migrant caravan that left San Pedro Sula, Honduras on October 10th, 2018, sought to address this issue, since the influx of people displaced the past few years has been increasingly growing. A call out to everyone that once considered seeking refuge or an opportunity to break out of the cycle of violence and poverty was only possible via our modern telegram system of messaging, a tool that has ignited other massive social mobilizations throughout the world. A personal harship is echoed thru a social mobilization and an exodus is seen for the first time.
The journey presented in this selection of images showcases daily scenes of a group of 1,500 - 2, 000 migrants that were moving in unison towards Tijuana. We joined the LGBTI contingent which was at every stop integrating new members, at the time totalling 50 individuals including children, single mothes, pregnant girls, underage kids travelling alone and anyone that felt vulnerable and wanted to walk along. The group would move along together, at a slower pace because of the kids, and organization was carried out by those that felt a leadership role.
From Guadalajara in the central semi arid lands of Jalisco state to Navojoa in northern hot and dry state of Sonora, crossing thu Nayarit and Sinaloa, our route, was barelly visibilized by the media unlike the first part of the caravan. After leaving the caravan on November 15th, the migrants with whom we were travelling took one more week between rides and walking, to reach Tijuana. On november 25th I travelled to Tijuana to give continuity to the group´s arrival and their process of seeking asylum.
The follow up of this group of migrants has led to a development of a longer project in which i am following their adaptation in the US as many have gained asylum, and the follow up Jose, the only one from the group who has been deported to his native country of Honduras.
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