The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change

Thousands of Central American migrants trudging through Mexico towards the US have regularly been described as either fleeing gang violence or extreme poverty.

Honduran migrants taking part in a caravan heading
to the US, walk alongside the road in Huixtla, Chiapas
state, Mexico, on 24 October.

But another crucial driving factor behind the migrant caravan has been harder to grasp: climate change.

Most members of the migrant caravans come from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador – three countries devastated by violence, organised crime and systemic corruption, the roots of which can be traced back to the region’s cold war conflicts.

Read the story from The Guardian - “The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change.”