Mexican border towns see migrant arrivals grow as old policy resumes

FILE PHOTO: Haitian migrants line up to be brought to a shelter after another in the city filled to capacity, in Mexicali, Mexico December 13, 2021. Picture taken December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Victor Medina/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A new wave of migrants is arriving at the Mexican border due south of the United States after U.S. judges ordered the resumption of a policy that requires migrants to wait in Mexico for the resolution of their asylum cases.

Denouncing the lack of shelter space, activists told Reuters on Tuesday that the "Remain in Mexico" program, formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) launched by former U.S. President Donald Trump, is partly responsible for hundreds of new arrivals.