As the end of Section 42 approaches, thousands of migrants continue to try to reach the US-Mexico border in hopes of applying for asylum and getting their petitions approved. Some managed to arrive and faced dangers and inhuman conditions for months. Others unfortunately died trying. After long journeys from their countries of origin by land and sea, their dreams were cut short.
► “A lot of poverty, total unemployment. I told him to continue studying, but he refused because there was no work, and so he decided to follow this path. He said, “I must take the risk and go alone. I know I can do it with God’s guidance.”
Manuel Carrillo Coyin statements documentedabout the fate of his nephew Drummer Manuel Alexander ChoksA 21-year-old man who died in a fire at an immigration center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico last March. Manuel Alexander dreamed of coming to New York after leaving his Mayan community in Guatemala. “Mom, don’t worry. Pray for me,” was the last communication he had with his mother Katarina Tambriz.
► “Before, Matthias was happy, he ran, everything … but no more. Matthias has changed a lot, lost weight … He had two operations on his lungs, they removed part of the lung, a blood cell. Then they had to decide and take away half, because his small the lung was already like someone said bad.
Katerina OrtegaVenezuelan migrant Union about the state of health of his little son Matthias, 3 years old. He suffers from severe pneumonia after drinking contaminated water at some point on his migratory journey to the southern frontier of the United States in search of a better life.
►”I left a lot of things in Haiti, my clothes, shoes, books, my music CDs, my family… they didn’t fit in my backpack, but I carry them in my heart. At night, you take your backpack as a pillow and sleep, don’t taking care of your things; if you bring a big backpack, you have to sleep with your arms around it, and you don’t rest to take care of it.”
caught24-year-old Haitian migrant, interviewed Sun of Mexicoabout his decision to leave his country, where he worked as a waiter, earning only the bare necessities of life.
► “Every time you visit Darien, the faces of the children remain in your memory. It breaks your heart when you ask a child how it all went, and he replies that he saw a lot of dead … It’s hard to say shock for children. The fact that we are very concerned about is that there is a large and important psychological problem of abuse against the child who goes through Darien.Eduardo Leblanc Gonzalezombudsman office in Panama, in an interview BBC about the difficult situation facing thousands of migrant families in the jungles of Darien.
Source: La Opinion
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