A new caravan of migrants has begun walking north toward the U.S. border from southern Mexico. It started out on Thursday from the city of Tapachula, near the border with Guatemala.

The first migrant caravan of the year has set out from southern Mexico, heading north, but is unlikely to reach the U.S. border after authorities broke up other small caravans headed to the United States in November and December.

The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has announced cooperation strategies with countries in the region to address the causes of migration. Meanwhile, however, a new migrant caravan is advancing from Tapachula,