Far from Hurricane Matthew, a Haitian crisis flares in Tijuana

Haitian migrant, Naomi Josil, 29, poses for a photo inside the kitchen of the Juventud 2000 shelter after leaving Brazil, where she relocated to after Haiti's 2010 earthquake, in Tijuana, Mexico, October 7, 2016. Picture taken October 7, 2016. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - The havoc wreaked by Hurricane Matthew has strengthened the resolve of thousands of Haitians stuck on the U.S.-Mexico border to make it to the United States even though new rules mean they will likely be deported to their shattered homeland.

A surge in the number of Haitians seeking asylum this year prompted the U.S. government to end special protections dating back to Haiti's last major disaster, a 2010 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people.