Why are so many Haitians at the US-Mexico border?

Key Facts

• Migrants have been crossing the Rio Grande river from Mexico to reach the US Thousands of predominantly Haitian migrants are still camped at the US border, where officials have struggled to provide them with food and sanitation.
• Many of the migrants are fleeing natural disasters, poverty and political turmoil, and making a treacherous journey through Latin America to reach the border.
• Many of the migrants are fleeing natural disasters and political instability "There was a big lack of hope for the people who were living on the ground in Haiti," she says.
• Ralph Thomassaint - a journalist for the Haitian news outlet AyiboPost who visited Del Rio this week to collect testimonies from migrants - says most of the migrants "had a sad story" from the journey.

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