Trauma, fear and hopelessness among those who are trapped in Mexico waiting for asylum

Tijuana was the first city where the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as ‘Remain in Mexico’, were implemented. This policy allows the US government to return asylum seekers to Mexico, where they have to wait for months in seven border cities with high levels of violence and crime. Tijuana is considered the safest for them, yet it is one of the most violent cities in the world. There, migrants relive their fears and develop new traumas from the threats they thought they had escaped.