“I would like to be in my country, I miss it,” says Luis as he draws with crayons on a blank sheet of paper. He is in the chapel of a shelter for migrants in Reynosa, very close to the U.S. border. At just nine years old, Luis can tell countless stories about what he [...]Read More... from Little Birds: migrant children tell their stories from a shelter in northern Mexico| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF reports a surge in admissions of survivors of extreme violence and mental health consultations at a specialized centre in Mexico City. Rising insecurity along the Central American migration route and restrictive U.S. immigration policies are key factors. MSF calls for stronger assistance for people seeking safety.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
“Since God was with me, I managed to escape,” says Mbala* from La Soledad, an informal migrant camp in the heart of Mexico City. Sitting with his back to one of the capital’s oldest churches, he recounts how only through occasional miracles has his family survived the journey from their home country in Central Africa to [...]Read More... from Crossing the world for a better life: Extracontinental migration in the Americas| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...