Hundreds of displaced Haitians, Africans and internally displaced Mexicans are stranded in the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Mexicali, many awaiting appointments with US Customs and Border Protection across the border. Many are in precarious conditions without adequate shelter, security and psychological support. Some of them, as well as Central Americans from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, could be at risk of being deported to situations of risk if official asylum screening is not improved.
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- Calling on the Mexican authorities to urgently and significantly enhance reception conditions ensuring migrants and possible asylum seekers have access to shelter beds, food, psychological attention and personal safety;
- Urging special attention be given to children, adolescents and women without shelter;
- Calling on the Mexican authorities to immediately deploy COMAR officials to the field in order to ensure proper screening of migrants who may qualify for international protection, ensuring close collaboration with authorities of the United States and ensuring priority to the respect of human rights and principles of family reunification.
Minister of the Interior
Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong
Secretaría de Gobernación
Bucareli 99, Col. Juárez, Del. Cuauhtémoc, C.P. 06600
Ciudad de México, México
Email: secretario@segob.gob.mx
Twitter: @osoriochong
Salutation: Dear Minister / Sr. Secretario
Ambassador Carlos Manuel Sada Solana
Embassy of Mexico
1911 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington DC 20006
Fax: 1 202 728 1698 I Phone: 1 202 728 1600 ext.1692,1693 I Email: mexembusa@sre.gob.mx
Salutation: Dear Ambassador
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