She is a terrible mother. She dragged her kids through 1000+ miles of hostile countryside, exposing them to known criminals, committed crimes herself in their presence, knowingly put her kids into a dangerous situation...and what, she is going to be held up for pity? In the US we have parents being castigated for merely disciplining their children. This mother should be vilified for what she is doing, not celebrated, not pitied.
Wonder how much the leader of each caravan got paid. These people sure aren’t doing this on their own.