More than 2,000 asylum seekers sheltering in a camp in Matamoros, at the Mexican border with Texas, are now dealing with even more fear and uncertainty as the number of COVID-19 cases rises in Mexico and the government fails to take decisive action. These people are living in tents packed closely together, unable to practice social distancing and with […]
Read More… from Mexico: Asylum seekers stranded in Matamoros tent camp face threat of COVID-19
The MSF team is visiting shelters, hostels, hotels and community kitchens to provide medical care and psychological support and to offer advice and practical help on preventive measures, aimed at the people using these facilities as well as the staff and volunteers who run them.
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Read More… from Mexico: MSF supports migrants and homeless people at risk of COVID-19
Gweneth Thirlwell is working with MSF’s COVID-19 response team in Matamoros, in northwestern Mexico.
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MSF’s response to the pandemic in this space will be coordinated with the Baja California state Secretary of Health and a civil society organization Apoyemos Tijuana (Let’s Support Tijuana).
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MSF calls for migrants in detention centres to be released and given access to proper medical care and protection following Tenosique detention centre fire.
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New migration policies imposed by the United States and Mexico are trapping many Central Americans in dangerous conditions, with severe consequences for their physical and mental health, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a report released today. The report, No Way Out, is based on 480 interviews and […]
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One year since the United States implemented its “Remain in Mexico” policy, tens of thousands of asylum seekers are trapped in danger in Mexico, facing daily violence and dealing with the mental health toll of constant risk and uncertainty, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on January 30. “The […]
Read More… from ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy: Devastation continues one year later
Here’s a look at just a few of the humanitarian emergencies that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has responded to over the last 10 years.
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