The Government of Mexico opened this Saturday in Tijuana the temporary shelter that was announced by the President, Claudia Sheinbaum, to receive migrants who are deported from the United States under the restrictive measures of Donald Trump.
The shelter was enabled in a space within the commercial square Flamingoslocated about 15 kilometers from the border port of San Ysidro. According to the authorities, it will have all the necessary services to offer “comprehensive and respectful care of the dignity of people.”
This is reported this day to the media The Secretary of the Environment of Baja California, Mónica Vegawho will be in charge of coordinating this shelter, which from this day is ready to receive exclusively the Mexicans who are repatriated.
The official explained that The shelter has medical and psychological care services, in addition to being part of the National Employment System and has an office of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) so that people can have access to medical services. The place was also certified with all security measures.
“We are ready to start receiving the people who are returning, we are waiting because until this day we have not received migrants, but we have the entire human team necessary to attend them 24 hours a day,” he said.
The official specified that the space will be protected by elements of the National Guard and the Mexican Army to safeguard people’s integrity and that it was strategically thought of that location for the closeness and accessibility it has with the border port of El Chaparral, which is where deportees come out.
“We think about this place because here the security measures are facilitated and because it has all the elements so that migrants can have warm and human attention, we also needed a space with the swim and water services functional and, in addition, that Be worthy for them and give them privacy as well, “he said.
The person in charge recalled that, on previous occasions in which extraordinary actions have also been implemented such as when the migrant caravan arrived at the end of 2018, there were experiences that marked a guideline to specify the timely attention of migrants, and this space It facilitated covering all needs.
“Also note that this is the first shelter of the nine that were announced by the president, which is already open and available to provide attention, throughout the week we worked at forced marches to achieve it, considering that by this border the greater number of deportations, “he said.
The shelter opens days after presenting ‘Mexico hugs you’, a strategy with which the government intends to reintegrate Mexicans deported by Trump Through employment promises, social programs, transfer support by the country and the ‘Welfare Card’ with 2,000 pesos (about $ 97.6).
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