Reverse migration: Catholic shelters in Mexico serve repatriated migrants and foreigners who remain

In Mexico’s cities bordering the U.S., migration numbers have changed. Where there was once a constant flow of people traveling in caravans, today the numbers have slowed to “a trickle.” However, Catholic shelters point out that, far from disappearing, migration has a new face.In the southern Mexican city of Tapachula bordering Guatemala, known as the main entry point for migrants from Central and South America, the diocesan shelter Belén (Bethlehem) once had a constant population of 500 people.However, that number…