Migrants in Tijuana on hunger strike to plead asylum case

Record ID: 1366249

  • Title: Migrants in Tijuana on hunger strike to plead asylum case
  • Date: 30th November 2018
  • Summary: TIJUANA, MEXICO (NOVEMBER 30, 2018) (REUTERS) MIGRANT PARTICIPATING IN HUNGER STRIKE MIGRANTS IN HUNGER STRIKE GATHERED TENTS SET UP FOR MIGRANTS IN HUNGER STRIKE PLACARD THAT READS "DIGNIFIED CONDITIONS FOR REFUGEES" MIGRANTS ON HUNGER STRIKE GATHERED MIGRANTS' SHOES MIGRANTS ON ROAD GENERAL VIEW OF POLICE ON DUTY NEAR WHERE MIGRANTS ON HUNGER STRIKE ARE GATHERED MIGRANTS ON HUNGER STRIKE GATHERED NEAR TENT MIGRANT ON HUNGER STRIKE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SALVADORAN MIGRANT, RAMON TORRES, SAYING: "We are seeing an injustice, look at how children are sleeping, families sleeping in the mud in these wet conditions, they are sleeping in inhumane (conditions), they are suffering. This (hunger strike) is a way of asking Trump to do us a favour, let these people pass. They want their American dream to come true, they want their children to study and ready themselves for a better future." MIGRANTS ON HUNGER STRIKE MIGRANT ON HUNGER STRIKE MIGRANTS ON HUNGER STRIKE (SOUNDBITE) (English) HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, AMELIA GONZALEZ, SAYING: "The hunger strike started yesterday with mothers from the caravan yesterday, about 15 mothers and fathers. Since they were stopped and halted in their path and from entering anywhere close to Chapparal (border crossing area) where we're at right now, we decided to also join in solidarity with their hunger strike to also boost their voices and their platform more." VARIOUS OF HUNGER STRIKERS GATHERED WOMAN ON HUNGER STRIKE CHECKING HER PHONE SIGN ON VEHICLE USED BY HUNGER STRIKERS CALLING FOR FASTER ASYLUM PROCEDURE GENERAL VIEW OF HUNGER STRIKERS UNDER FLYOVER
  • Embargoed: 14th December 2018 22:05
  • Keywords: asylum USA plead Tijuana border Mexico President Donald Trump migrants hunger strike
  • Location: TIJUANA, MEXICO
  • City: TIJUANA, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00198P8BBB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:A group of migrants have stopped eating in Tijuana (November 30), joining a hunger strike in an effort to drum up pressure on U.S. authorities to hear their case for asylum in the United States.
    It comes as temperatures drop in Mexico's northern border city, frustrating migrants who are forced to endure wet weather and an impending winter. They complain the conditions at the shelter at sub-human.
    Many of these families are from Honduras and fled gang violence and economic hardship for what they hoped were better opportunities in the U.S.
    But President Donald Trump has called the migrants 'an invasion,' deployed the U.S. military to the southern border, and beseeched Mexico to send them back to where they came from.
    The Trump administration has been in talks with the Mexican government about keeping the migrants in Mexico while their asylum claims are processed by U.S. courts.
    That would break long-standing practice, which allowed asylum-seekers to remain in the United States while their case plays out.
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