Tijuana's migrant refugee shelters
As a major migratory gateway, Tijuana has been greatly impacted by the U.S. government’s "Remain in Mexico" policy, as well as the increasing restrictions on the number of asylum seekers accepted into the country. This has caused the population of refugees in Tijuana to grow at an unprecedented rate, while leaving the city’s migrant shelters struggling to keep up.
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Little Haiti and Embajadores de Jesus
Pigs and dogs populate a dried out river full of trash outside of Embajadores de Jesus church and community, also known as Little Haiti, in the Cañón del Alacrán neighborhood in Tijuana, México, February 27, 2019. The church opened its doors to refugees in 2016, after many Haitian migrants ended up stranded in Tijuana after the U.S. denied their asylum requests, or revoked already granted requests and deported them to Mexico.
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