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      Why the Ciudad Juárez Fire Was a 'Made-in-USA Inferno'

      Brutal U.S. immigration policies force asylum seekers through countless circles of Hell.

      Belen Fernandez
      Apr 18, 2023

      On March 27, 40 men were killed in a fire at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. The victims hailed from Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Venezuela.

      Like so many thousands of refuge seekers from around the world, they had been jailed in Mexico for the crime of aspiring to a better life in the United States–which forces its southern neighbor to act as deputy gatekeeper and migrant antagonist.

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      Migrants and activists light candles at a vigil

      Rights Groups Blame Horrific Mexico Fire on 'Inhumane' Migration Policies

      "The U.S. and Mexican governments must work together to ensure that migrants receive access to asylum and to fair and efficient processing at the border and are given humanitarian support when forced to wait in Mexico," said one advocate.

      Julia Conley
      Mar 29, 2023

      Calling for a full investigation into the fire that killed at least 38 people at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico this week, United Nations officials on Tuesday joined human rights groups in calling for an end to the U.S. and Mexican migration policies which led to the detention of dozens of men at the facility.

      A spokesperson for the U.N. said all member states must "live up to the commitments they have made as signatories to the U.N.-led Global Compact for Migration," which "intends to reduce the risks and vulnerabilities migrants face at different stages of migration by respecting, protecting, and fulfilling their human rights and providing them with care and assistance."

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      Police officers carry an injured migrant following a fire that killed dozens

      Fire Kills Nearly 40 at Migrant Detention Facility Near US-Mexico Border

      "The U.S. bears responsibility for pushing these migrants back into Mexico to face unsafe conditions," argued one immigrant rights advocate.

      Jake Johnson
      Mar 28, 2023

      At least 39 migrants were declared dead Tuesday after a fire was started overnight at a detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, close to the U.S.-Mexico border.

      Mexico's National Institute of Migration said in a statement that the detention center held 68 men from Central and South America.

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