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
A woman who arrived from Central America in one of the migrant caravans washes dishes in front of Embajadores de Jesus church, also known as Little Haiti, in the Cañón del Alacrán neighborhood in Tijuana, México, February 27, 2019. While the community was established in 2016 to house Haitian refugees, it has recently started welcoming Central American migrants as well.
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