Migrants in Mexico: Violence forced them to flee. Now faith sustains these migrants on their journey to the US
MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, reports from Tijuana…
US pauses plans for new border walls at oceanfront park
San Diego, USAP The Biden administration on Thursday agreed to pause plans for a double border wall that critics say would effectively destroy a 51-year-old oceanfront park that symbolises friendship between the United States and Mexico. US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus said he wanted to hear community concerns before settling on a […]
Camp of Ukrainians at the US-Mexico border swells, as more refugees arrive
Tijuana, Mexico Reuters Hundreds of Ukrainians are camping in the Mexican border city of Tijuana hoping to seek US asylum, a surge in arrivals just days after the Biden administration said the United States would accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing from war. Many of the Ukrainians escaping the Russian invasion of their home country […]
Mexican authorities clear makeshift migrant camp near US border
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexican authorities on Sunday cleared a makeshift camp in the north of the country where hundreds of migrants heading towards the US border had been holding out for more than a year in what rights organisations criticised as deplorable conditions. Nearly 400 migrants have been transferred by bus to three different shelters […]
Quakers denounce Trump administration policy of returning Central American asylum seekers to Mexico
American Quakers have described a new US policy under which Central Americans seeking asylum in the US have to remain in Mexico while their claims are processed as “illegal, immoral and [a] violation of human rights”. In a statement issued on Friday, the American Friends Service Committee – a Quaker organisation that is providing humanitarian support for […]
SIGHT-SEEING: WELCOMING THE UNWELCOME AT CHRISTMAS
Deeply moved by the stand Christians are making at the US-Mexico border in support of those in the migrant caravan, NILS VON KALM prays that Christians be filled with a love that “welcomes the unwelcome, takes in the stranger, and has no fear”…