Tapachula, Mexico, September 06, 2017 – From August 26 to September 3, 2017, members of the CLAMOR network met in Tapachula, southern Mexico, on the border with Guatemala, for a meeting to gain experience in the field of migration. Under the title “Working Experience with Migrants,” the event provided a greater learning and contact with the local and border reality of migration. The meeting was attended by representatives of several religious congregations, pastoral of human mobility

On August 22, 2017, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on his first official visit to the North of Central America, met with UNHCR’s partner institutions in Guatemala for an overview of trends of displacement in the region. The meeting took place at the Casa del Migrante of Guatemala City, where Mr. Grandi heard about the mission of each partner institution and called for the humanitarian and protective mission of migrants seeking