November 21, 2019 - Matamoros, Mexico : The western edge of the largest refugee camp on the US-Mexico border in 2019. Under the Migrant Protection Protocols ("Remain in Mexico" policy) of the Trump administration, over 50,000 asylum claimants were sent back to Mexico in 2019 to await decisions concerning their claim, forcing them to live in tents along the border, or give up and return home to the danger they fled. The policy violates US law and international obligations on returning refugees to persecution. In the first 10 months of the policy, only 11 people received asylum, 0.1 % of 10,000 completed cases.
