Mexicans fleeing violence form new encampment on border 0 SHARES Share it! Migrant tent camps have been growing in size at several border crossings in Ciudad Juarez, driven by a surge in asylum seekers from regions in southern Mexico gripped by cartel violence. In the end, it’s the country that they’re fleeing,” said Enrique Valenzuela, director of Ciudad Juarez’s Centro de Atención a Migrantes. The first Mexican migrant camp in Juarez started at the base of a bridge where shootings, muggings and stabbings are common. In Matamoros, Mexico, roughly 700 miles (1,126 kilometers) from Ciudad Juarez, an estimated 2,000 people are waiting in tents next to a border bridge.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 07, 2019 02:48 UTC