By David Toro Escobar<\/p>\n
Puerto Barrios (Guatemala), May 16 (EFE).- Thousands of migrants<\/strong> cross the border between Honduras and Guatemala<\/strong> every day on their way to the United States, facing threats<\/strong> from tropical diseases like dengue, arrests by security forces and subsequent deportation, and the impact of a route hit by climate change.<\/p>\n At the El Corinto<\/strong> border, between Guatemala and Honduras, the Guatemalan Red Cross<\/strong> assists migrants in need of medical help.<\/p>\n \u201cOur job is to alleviate a little suffering and dignify the lives of people who are in transit,\u201d explains Mariana Bonilla<\/strong>, who works with the Red Cross<\/strong> at the Care Center for Migrants and Refugees (CAPMIR) located on the Guatemalan side of the border.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Every morning, Bonilla, 31, and her team scour the border highway, surrounded by African palms, banana trees, and the imposing Motagua River\u2014the largest in Guatemala\u2014searching for groups of migrants to guide them to points where they can receive support<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Within their care center, supported by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies<\/strong> (IFRC), migrants receive both medical and psychosocial assistance. \u201cMany come with trauma from their passage through the Dari\u00e9n jungle between Colombia and Panama<\/strong>,\u201d explains Bonilla.<\/p>\n