Tijuana's 'Little Haiti' Now Home to Thousands of Stranded Haitian Immigrants Evo Morales - PanAm Post
go to original April 13, 2017

An unprecedented number of African and Haitian migrants have entered Mexico in the past few months, hoping to seek asylum in the US. But the surge of arrivals has left many stuck in long queues, temporary camps or on the street. (Al Jazeera English)

A group of Haitian immigrants have set up a colony in Tijuana, Mexico after being stranded for two months by United States immigration services.

Leaders of the Church Ambassadors of Jesus started to build a village known as “Little Haiti” while claiming asylum from their own country. The religious congregation requested the support of municipal authorities in finding a solution to sewage disposal in a channel nearby.

Their small houses are made of wood with metal bars, cement and blocks and will be located a few meters from the church attended by around 225 Haitians.



The settlement is hard to access — reachable by car only as close as 400 yards away, and requiring a hike the rest of the way — but residents are apparently happy with the settlement, carrying water containers and other resources delivered through humanitarian assistance the entire way.

Mexico’s National Immigration Institute has counted 3,700 Haitian and African immigrants residing in Baja California, of which only 131 Haitians have documented their immigration status in Mexico. Seventy-six of them have visitor cards for humanitarian issues and 55 are refugees.

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Related: Haitian 'Climate Refugees' Hit Dead End at US-Mexico Border (Deutsche Welle)

Related: In Pictures: Tijuana’s ‘Little Haiti’: Home to Stranded Haitian Migrants (teleSUR)

Related: Long a Way Station for Refugees, Immigrants, Mexico Now Playing Host (The Christian Science Monitor)

Related: Tijuana Is a Hub of Exile and Hope for Deportees and Migrants (The Intercept)

Related: 'I Am a Man with No Land': African Migrants Wait in Limbo, Dreaming of Sanctuary in Canada (CBC News)

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