Mexico estimates 1,100 migrants crossed border

Mexico estimates 1,100 migrants crossed border

MEXICO CITY: Some 1,100 migrants of the Central American caravan could have crossed into the US, according to Mexican government estimates. At a press conference on Tuesday, Mexico’s Interior Secretariat (Segob) said that, of the thousands of migrants who in recent weeks have entered the country as parts of different contingents, around 6,000 reached the border city of Tijuana and about 1,200 arrived at Mexicali in the state of Baja California, reports Efe news. The head of the Mexican Refugee Aid Commission (Comar), Andres Ramirez, said the figures “are not exact”, but that “a census is being taken to give us a more exact number”. (IANS)

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