Dylan Baddour

Asy­lum seek­ers blocked from seek­ing pro­tec­tion in the US say con­di­tions in Mex­i­can bor­der ar­eas are in­creas­ing­ly dire.

Lare­do, in the US and Nue­vo Lare­do, in Mex­i­co are like one city – pan­dem­ic clo­sures cre­at­ed loss­es hard to re­claim.

New bound­aries drawn by Re­pub­li­can-led leg­is­la­ture ap­pear to dis­ad­van­tage the grow­ing His­pan­ic pop­u­la­tion.

New law ban­ning abor­tions af­ter six weeks of preg­nan­cy fu­els des­per­ate scram­ble to find and pro­vide abor­tion ser­vices.

In a camp hous­ing asy­lum seek­ers in Mata­moros, Mex­i­co, one woman’s school helps mi­grant stu­dents get an ed­u­ca­tion.

In Mex­i­co’s Mata­moros, thou­sands of asy­lum seek­ers wait in an en­camp­ment for their asy­lum cas­es to be heard in the US.

Or­gan­is­ers of Thurs­day’s strike that brought out in­dige­nous groups, stu­dents, labour unions call for a re­peat on Mon­day.

Ecuador set to be­come lat­est South Amer­i­can coun­try to im­ple­ment strict visa re­quire­ments for Venezue­lans.

Rights groups say Colom­bia un­pre­pared to deal with an­oth­er hu­man­i­tar­i­an cri­sis as new wave of Venezuela mi­grants ar­rive.

The UN Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil makes four-day vis­it to Colom­bia to check in on the im­ple­men­ta­tion of the land­mark agree­ment.