Migrants build makeshift life in Mexico City while waiting for US asylum

(1 Sep 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico – 31 July 2024
1. Aerial of migrant camp
2. People standing by tents

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico – 12 July 2024
3. Person sleeping on the street
4. Various of Héctor Magallanes brushing his teeth

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico – 31 July 2024
5. Aerial of migrant camp

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico – 12 July 2024
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Héctor Magallanes, Venezuelan migrant:
++ STARTS IN SHOTS 4 AND 5 ++
"My name is Héctor Javier Magallanes Torrealba. I’m Venezuelan."
7. People having lunch by tents
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Héctor Magallanes, Venezuelan migrant:
++ CONTAINS SHOT 7 ++
"I haven’t received my appointment (to request U.S. asylum) yet. I’ve been waiting for about eight and a half months now."
9. People lying on the street, tents and cubicles in background
10. Man starting fire to cook
11. Héctor Magallanes picking up garbage
12. Héctor Magallanes giving instructions to cleaning brigade
13. Close of broom and shovel
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Héctor Magallanes, Venezuelan migrant:
++ CONTAINS SHOTS 10 TO 13 ++
"At the beginning there were a lot of problems, a huge mess, lots of trash and people in Mexico didn’t like that. We made sure to fix those problems."
14. Pan from Héctor Magallanes to his brother, Gael
15. Security brigade members sitting by tents
16. Héctor Magallanes shaking hands with food seller next to Gael
17. Close of food seller serving meal
18. Nail bar sign

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico – 8 July 2024
19. Barber shaving man

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico – 12 July 2024
20. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gael Magallanes, Héctor’s brother:
++ CONTAINS SHOTS 15 TO 19 ++
"Little by little, we were given the leadership to look after the migrants. They were the ones who chose us and voted for us and advocated for us. We didn’t just stand up and decide we were in charge. No, it was the migrants themselves that gave us that role."
21. Magallanes brothers inspecting camp
22. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gael Magallanes, Héctor’s brother:
"Everyone arrives without resources, as we did. But honestly, the priority here is the children."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico – 8 July 2024
22. Church exterior
23. Children playing sack race
24. Wife of Héctor Magallanes washing clothes as daughter plays with water
25. Cubicle interior

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico – 12 July 2024
26. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Héctor Magallanes, Venezuelan migrant:
++ CONTAINS SHOTS 23 TO 24 ++
"Not everyone can afford to pay rent and here we aren’t charged for electricity or water or anything like that. So, we want to get ahead and that’s why we want everything to be okay so we aren’t moved to a different place."
27. Woman laughing

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico – 8 July 2024
28. Close of pregnant wife of Héctor Magallanes

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico – 16 July 2024
29. Children sitting on stairs, seen from behind

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico – 31 July 2024
30. Aerial of the migrant camp
STORYLINE:
Thousands of migrants passing through Mexico on their way to the U.S. have ended up in Mexico City.

They wait weeks — even months — before securing an appointment to seek asylum in the U.S. through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s mobile app known as CBP One.

Even though 1,450 appointments are issued every day, thousands of people remain in limbo, living in crowded, makeshift camps with poor sanitation and grim living conditions.

AP video by Martín Silva Rey

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