"Mexico has been very active and served as a buffer between the United States and at least Central America - but, really, almost between the United States and the rest of the world," says Carin Zissis, a visiting fellow at the Wilson Center and editor-in-chief of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas Online.
"A series of agreements with the U.S. and policies have made Mexico become essentially the waiting room for migrants originally headed to the U.S.," says Luciana Gandini, who coordinates a seminar on displacement, migration and repatriation at Mexico's National Autonomous University (UNAM).
Data from Mexico's Interior Ministry shows encounters with thousands of people from as far away as Senegal, India and other parts of Africa and Asia.
The number of encounters in Mexico of people without visas or migration permits reached about 925,000 cases from January through August of this year, per the most recent update to the Interior Ministry's migration data hub.
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