Migrants face unsanitary conditions at Tijuana shelter
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(29 Nov 2018) Heavy rainfall is making life even more difficult for more than 6,000 Central American migrants packed into a Tijuana sports complex within view of the US border fence. Aid workers and humanitarian organisations have expressed concerns about conditions at the complex, which has been turned into a makeshift camp. The city government has repeatedly asked the federal government for help, saying it does not have the capacity to deal with so many people. According to local officials, more than 6,150 migrants were at the shelter on Wednesday including 1,068 children. The Tijuana government has distributed sheets of plastic to help migrants prepare makeshift shelters, with more heavy rainfall forecast in the days ahead. Some 200 migrants are also sleeping on sidewalks outside the shelter because they can't find space inside the complex, or because they decided it was more comfortable. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/8a43faa8f7ca1ccdcb68469b2629506d
