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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Jackie Botts and Jose Cortes

Pressure mounts in giant Mexican migrant camp as U.S. expulsions ruled unlawful

Migrants rest at a camp, in San Pedro Tapanatepec, Mexico November 13, 2022. REUTERS/Jose de Jesus Cortes

Thousands of migrants are camping in squalid conditions in a remote southern Mexican town after U.S. and Mexican authorities implemented new policies aimed at stemming the illegal flow of Venezuelans into the United States.

Located on a muddy sports field in San Pedro Tapanatepec in Oaxaca state, the camp is the largest in recent Mexican history according to advocates. About 12,000 people, largely from Venezuela, are sleeping on wooden crates under white canopy tents, on sidewalks or in residents' houses and backyards.

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