Desert Aid Camp Turning Away Migrants Following Border Patrol Raid Kirk Siegler - WFDD
go to original June 28, 2017

A sign outside the camp warns migrants that operations are closed for now (Kirk Siegler/NPR)

In the sweltering Sonoran Desert along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, a humanitarian group has decided to shut down operations for now at an aid camp for migrants who cross the border and need immediate medical help and water.

Aid workers say they can no longer guarantee a temporary shelter for migrants, after U.S. Border Patrol agents raided the camp and made arrests.

"Our clinic space being compromised will directly lead to more suffering and more death in this desert," said aid worker Geena Jackson.

The camp, located about 15 miles as the crow files north of the Mexico border, is primitive. It's a collection of makeshift shelters, water stations and a camper with a cell phone booster for emergency calls. Normally it would be busy.

Instead, on a recent Summer day, it's eerily quiet. A handmade sign warns that the camp operations are closed for now.

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Related: Border Patrol, Mexico 911 Operators Work to Save Ill, Injured Migrants Who Cross Border (Cronkite News)

Related: Border Patrol Violates International Law, Raids Life-Saving Aid Camp on US-Mexico Border (International Policy Digest)

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