A Haitian migrant camp emptied out in Mexico after the government threatened action, a report says
What had been a large, makeshift Haitian migrant camp in Acuna, Mexico—just across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas—only had about 100 people left Friday morning, according to the
, after Mexican authorities threatened to send remaining migrants to the country’s southern border, as they work to stem the flow of Haitians traveling through the country.... [+]PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty ImagesThe migrants were using a park as a camp after trekking across Mexico, with many continuing northward across the Rio Grande into the U.S. in the hope of being granted asylum to live in the United States.
Some migrants decided to cross into the U.S. after Mexico announced a crackdown on the camp, despite U.S. authorities actively working to deport migrants back to Haiti.“Please help us get a permit to go out in the street safely here in Mexico. Please help us stay here,” a Haitian man said to Mexican authorities, as quoted in the3,000. That's about how many Haitians remained in another makeshift camp on the U.S.
. One of the stipulations is that at least 10% of personnel at the facility will have to be fluent in Spanish and Haitian Creole.
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