AMERICAS: STUCK AT THE DOOR: THE URGENT NEED FOR PROTECTION OF CENTRAL AMERICAN REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND MIGRANTS IN THE CARAVANS

The arrival in Mexico since 19 October 2018 of between 8,000 and 10,000 migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum from Honduras, as well as from El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala as part of a series of so-called caravans is an urgent situation that requires States to respond in line with international human rights law and standards.