Abandoned Mexican Hotel Turned Into Shelter for Migrants Deported from US
Agencia EFE
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January 6, 2014
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A man walks inside the abandoned hotel. The 50-room building, known as "El Cinco" (Number Five), is being used by Angeles sin Fronteras to temporarily house 60 people. (EFE)

MEXICALI - Angeles sin Fronteras, a group formed to assist people deported from the United States, has created five shelters to help migrants, who often end up penniless on the streets of Mexican border cities.

The newest shelter was opened in Mexicali, the capital of the northwestern state of Baja California, where the group rented an abandoned hotel to serve as a refuge for the rising number of poor deportees in the area.

The 50-room building, known as "El Cinco" (Number Five), is being used by Angeles sin Fronteras to temporarily house 60 people.

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