Mexican migrant shelters brace for coronavirus amid border uncertainty


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 Mar 2020

A migrant from Brazil, sent back to Mexico from the United States under an Asylum Cooperative Agreement (ACA), plays with her daughter at the El Buen Pastor shelter, in Ciudad Juarez Mexico March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities and migrant shelters along the U.S. border are racing to respond to the coronavirus as fears mount that they will be overwhelmed by an intensification of the Trump administration's hardline immigration policies.

In Ciudad Juarez, ground zero for the Trump administration's 'Remain in Mexico' policy - which sends asylum seekers to Mexico to await their U.S. hearings - shelter directors running crowded facilities are scrambling to improve hygiene and keep migrants safe.

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