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LGBT asylum-seekers among the first migrant caravan refugees to reach the US border
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A Central American migrant sits on top of the border structure separating Mexico (left) and the United States (right) as US Border Patrol agents look on, yesterday

SEVERAL hundred Central American refugees fleeing poverty, violence and persecution began arriving at the Mexican border with the United States in Tijuana yesterday.

Among the first to reach the border town were a small group of around 50 LGBT asylum-seekers, who formed a caravan within the caravan and broke off from the main group.

Their epic hike has been complicated by occasional homophobic harassment from other migrants within the caravan.  

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