Name: Guatemala cracks down on US-bound migrant caravan | DW News
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Mexico's president on Andre Manuel Lopez Obrador has urged the incoming U.

S administration under Joe Biden to make major reforms to its immigration policy.

His appeal comes as a new caravan of migrants from Honduras attempts to make its way through Guatemala.

Guatemala's foreign minister has said allowing them to cross through his country and reach a potentially closed border with Mexico would create a humanitarian crisis, and he's asking Honduras to help organize for their return.

What started as a deterrent soon turned into a real use of force.

On Monday, Guatemalan security forces dispersed thousands of Honduran migrants.

They're stranded in the department of Chicken mullah but want to continue their journey towards the United States.

It's the third time in recent days that soldiers have clashed with the caravan of migrants, which includes women and Children.

Guatemala's government accuses the caravan of being infiltrated by criminal gangs and says most of the migrants did not have the negative coronavirus tests required to enter the country.

Now they're being sent back to Honduras, even though they insist there is no home for them to return.

Clashes with Guatemalan troops have sparked new tensions between the two Central American neighbors.

Honduras's human rights commissioner urged Guatemala to treat the migrants on their soil with respect.

Now all eyes are on Mexico on how the government there will react if the caravan manages to cross Guatemala and reach its border.

We should have a dialogue with the migrants, my grantees destroying in Honduras, that is, and in Guatemala okay so that they could be looked after and so that they don't enter any country by force on income by Hizbollah Forsa The migrants are not expected to give up their mission.

S administration that is fueling their hopes.

 Joe Biden, who's due to take office on Wednesday, promised during his campaign to reform the strict migration policies imposed by his predecessor, Donald Trump. 