Asylum seekers in Mexico suffer following Hurricane Hanna
4 years, 5 months ago

Asylum seekers in Mexico suffer following Hurricane Hanna

Al Jazeera  

People in camps in Mexico were forced to retreat to higher ground after the level of the Rio Grande rose by 12 feet. Hundreds of asylum seekers living in already squalid conditions in Matamoros, northern Mexico, were forced to retreat to higher ground when the level of the Rio Grande rose by 12 feet after the year’s first Atlantic hurricane, Hanna, lashed Texas. It sits on the banks of the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, a byproduct of US President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy that prevents asylum seekers from waiting in the US. “The levee was purposely designed to allow for the park to flood during intense storms and hurricanes,” said Erin Hughes, an engineer volunteering with Global Response Management and Resource Centre Matamoros, two prominent non-governmental organisations working with the camp residents. “This makes social distancing during the pandemic even harder.” The camp residents are from Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba and Mexico.

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LA Times  

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NPR  

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Al Jazeera  

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Al Jazeera  

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LA Times  

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3 years, 11 months ago

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NPR  

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Al Jazeera  

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Al Jazeera  

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Associated Press  

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Al Jazeera  

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Associated Press  

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NPR  

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LA Times  

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Al Jazeera  

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NPR  

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5 years, 3 months ago

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LA Times  

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LA Times  

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5 years, 3 months ago

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NPR  

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Associated Press  

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5 years, 5 months ago

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LA Times  

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5 years, 6 months ago

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Huff Post  

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5 years, 7 months ago

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LA Times  

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5 years, 8 months ago

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Associated Press  

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5 years, 9 months ago

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CNN  

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5 years, 9 months ago

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Associated Press  

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