Advertisement The East African News World 1,300 migrants escape from Mexican detention centre Friday April 26 2019 Mexican Federal police stand guard at an immigration detention centre after a group of mainly Cuban migrants escaped, in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico on April 25, 2019. PHOTO | AFP Summary It said 700 returned soon after leaving, but around 600 others were unaccounted for.Since October, tens thousands of Central Americans and Cubans have traversed Mexico in so-called "caravans" in the hope of obtaining sanctuary in the United States. Advertisement By AFP More by this Author At least 1,300 mainly Cuban migrants escaped Thursday from a detention centre in southern Mexico after threatening to set fire to the facility to protest against overcrowding.The escape occurred at dinner time when several inmates mutinied at the centre in Tapachula, in the southern state of Chiapas, according to witnesses."There was a large-scale unauthorised exit of people housed in the migratory station," the National Institute of Migration (INM) said in a statement.It said 700 returned soon after leaving, but around 600 others were unaccounted for.Since October, tens thousands of Central Americans and Cubans have traversed Mexico in so-called "caravans" in the hope of obtaining sanctuary in the United States.The Tapachula centre was built to accommodate 900 people, but residents say it sometimes holds as many as 3,000. Advertisement "We have many there... we are very tight, we sleep on the floor," said one Cuban detainee.It is the third time since October that migrants at Tapachula have rioted against conditions.US President Donald Trump says the migrants are a threat to US national security and has demanded that Mexico detain them and send them home. Advertisement In the headlines Floods leave trail of death and destruction The past two weeks have been disastrous in East Africa as heavy rains caused floods leading to the loss of hundreds of lives. South Sudan auditor flags spending of IMF funds $114m earmarked for food, climate change mitigation, health, education, was disbursed but in opaque manner. TikTok ban: US says it reserves right to protect its interestBotswana rejects UK migrants deal proposalZimbabwe president reshuffles cabinetUS says looming Tiktok ban won't change relations with China as Kenya weighs inSA extends army deployment in Mozambique, DRC
Advertisement The East African News World 1,300 migrants escape from Mexican detention centre Friday April 26 2019 Mexican Federal police stand guard at an immigration detention centre after a group of mainly Cuban migrants escaped, in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico on April 25, 2019. PHOTO | AFP Summary It said 700 returned soon after leaving, but around 600 others were unaccounted for.Since October, tens thousands of Central Americans and Cubans have traversed Mexico in so-called "caravans" in the hope of obtaining sanctuary in the United States. Advertisement By AFP More by this Author At least 1,300 mainly Cuban migrants escaped Thursday from a detention centre in southern Mexico after threatening to set fire to the facility to protest against overcrowding.The escape occurred at dinner time when several inmates mutinied at the centre in Tapachula, in the southern state of Chiapas, according to witnesses."There was a large-scale unauthorised exit of people housed in the migratory station," the National Institute of Migration (INM) said in a statement.It said 700 returned soon after leaving, but around 600 others were unaccounted for.Since October, tens thousands of Central Americans and Cubans have traversed Mexico in so-called "caravans" in the hope of obtaining sanctuary in the United States.The Tapachula centre was built to accommodate 900 people, but residents say it sometimes holds as many as 3,000. Advertisement "We have many there... we are very tight, we sleep on the floor," said one Cuban detainee.It is the third time since October that migrants at Tapachula have rioted against conditions.US President Donald Trump says the migrants are a threat to US national security and has demanded that Mexico detain them and send them home. Advertisement In the headlines Floods leave trail of death and destruction The past two weeks have been disastrous in East Africa as heavy rains caused floods leading to the loss of hundreds of lives. South Sudan auditor flags spending of IMF funds $114m earmarked for food, climate change mitigation, health, education, was disbursed but in opaque manner. TikTok ban: US says it reserves right to protect its interestBotswana rejects UK migrants deal proposalZimbabwe president reshuffles cabinetUS says looming Tiktok ban won't change relations with China as Kenya weighs inSA extends army deployment in Mozambique, DRC
Summary It said 700 returned soon after leaving, but around 600 others were unaccounted for.Since October, tens thousands of Central Americans and Cubans have traversed Mexico in so-called "caravans" in the hope of obtaining sanctuary in the United States. Advertisement By AFP More by this Author At least 1,300 mainly Cuban migrants escaped Thursday from a detention centre in southern Mexico after threatening to set fire to the facility to protest against overcrowding.The escape occurred at dinner time when several inmates mutinied at the centre in Tapachula, in the southern state of Chiapas, according to witnesses."There was a large-scale unauthorised exit of people housed in the migratory station," the National Institute of Migration (INM) said in a statement.It said 700 returned soon after leaving, but around 600 others were unaccounted for.Since October, tens thousands of Central Americans and Cubans have traversed Mexico in so-called "caravans" in the hope of obtaining sanctuary in the United States.The Tapachula centre was built to accommodate 900 people, but residents say it sometimes holds as many as 3,000. Advertisement "We have many there... we are very tight, we sleep on the floor," said one Cuban detainee.It is the third time since October that migrants at Tapachula have rioted against conditions.US President Donald Trump says the migrants are a threat to US national security and has demanded that Mexico detain them and send them home.
Floods leave trail of death and destruction The past two weeks have been disastrous in East Africa as heavy rains caused floods leading to the loss of hundreds of lives. South Sudan auditor flags spending of IMF funds $114m earmarked for food, climate change mitigation, health, education, was disbursed but in opaque manner. TikTok ban: US says it reserves right to protect its interestBotswana rejects UK migrants deal proposalZimbabwe president reshuffles cabinetUS says looming Tiktok ban won't change relations with China as Kenya weighs inSA extends army deployment in Mozambique, DRC