UN Staff to Help Migrants with Asylum Claims

More than 45 U.N. refugee staff have arrived in Tapachulas, Chiapas State, Mexico — and others are on their way. Job one is to stabilize a chaotic situation with more than 7,000 people in a migrant caravan on the march toward the United States. The UNHCR says conditions on the ground appear to be somewhat calmer and more orderly than in previous days. But that could change according to UNHCR spokesman, Adrian Edwards. “Of particular concern for us at the moment is the...

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