the ROME – a year after the entry into force of the protocols to the u.s. on migration, tens of thousands of asylum seekers are trapped in Mexico, where they face daily violence and the psychological consequences caused by the conditions of risk and uncertainty constant. Makes it well-known one of the frequent reports of Doctors Without Borders (MSF).“The United States continues to reject asylum-seekers in danger, and in the hands of the traffickers that control the migratory routes in Mexico, said Sergio Martin, head of mission of MSF in Mexico, in Matamoros, just a few steps from the border, american, thousands of asylum seekers are living in makeshift camps with limited access to shelter or basic medical care. In Nuevo Laredo we have patients who will not leave their shelters for fear of being kidnapped or killed”.
Tens of thousands of people exposed to abductions and violence. In effect from January 2019, the protocols, the us on migration have forced more than 62,000 asylum seekers back in Mexico waiting for their asylum application to be examined, exposed to abductions and violence. MSF has been working along the migratory route in Mexico and in the border town of Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, Mexicali, and Reynosa, and is a witness of the devastating humanitarian consequences of these policies, which have effectively decreed the end of the asylum along the southern border of the United States. In the first nine months of 2019, approximately 80% of the migrants assisted by the team of MSF in Nuevo Laredo reported having suffered at least one episode of violence. 43.7% of the patients said to have been the victim of violence in the seven days prior to the visit.
You are suffering from ansa and depression. In September 2019, 43% of the patients MSF sent to Nuevo Laredo in the protocol had been kidnapped recently, the 12 percent reported having been the victim of a kidnapping attempt failed. In October 2019, the percentage of patients MSF blocked in Nuevo Laredo and the victims of a kidnapping has risen to 75%. These numbers concern only the programmes of MSF and are not therefore representative of the violence overall suffered by the migrants. In Nuevo Laredo, the patients of the MSF suffer from anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, caused by the danger of being deported to Mexico, and from the uncertainty about their future. “Living in limbo, are traumatized and need psychological support,” says Martin of the MSF.
People fleeing from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador. The protocols on migration are just one of the many new restrictions on the right of asylum, issued by the United States in collaboration with the governments of the region, which bring intentionally the people in danger. In 2019, the United States negotiated with the governments of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador signed a series of agreements on migration, which allow you to send asylum-seekers in those countries. “Many of our patients are fleeing from high levels of violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador,” says Marcelo Fernandez, program coordinator of MSF in Central America. “It is absurd that the United States make reference to people in the same countries from which they flee”. In addition to being insecure, these countries do not have infrastructure, security mechanisms or adequate funding to accommodate the asylum seekers. There are also a few information on the exact terms of these agreements, about how they will be implemented and within what timeframe.
Run away in a mass of violence and poverty. “The people that we meet along the migratory route are aware of the risks they face, but looking desperately for an escape route from violence and poverty, will continue to seek refuge in the United States,” says Fernandez of the MSF. “The policy of containment affect especially the most vulnerable. The United States must put an end to these policies as cruel and inhumane that they forced men, women and children to risk their lives to seek asylum”. MSF provides medical and psychological assistance to migrants along the migratory route in Mexico from 2012. Our teams provide assistance in Tapachula, Tenosique, Coatzacoalcos, Nuevo Laredo, Mexicali, Reynosa, and Matamoros. In Mexico City, MSF manages a specialized service centre for migrants and asylum seekers, victims of extreme violence.
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