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Tear gas, rubber bullets, helicopters at low altitude … The migratory crisis swells in Tijuana, northwestern Mexico. Five hundred Central Americans crossed the border with the United States on Sunday, November 25, before being pushed back by the American authorities in an atmosphere of chaos. A caravan of more than 5,000 illegal immigrants is blocked in Tijuana by Donald Trump's antimigration measures. The new Mexican Government, which will take office on 1st December, negotiates with his powerful neighbor a regional plan to emerge from the crisis.
"They will not come in"warned on Monday, November 26, the US president, threatening on Twitter's "Close the border permanently". The day before, asylum seekers were demonstrating in Tijuana to demand entry into the United States. Part of the procession, including women and children, rushed to the dry channel and the metal barrier that separate the two countries. US patrols launched dispersal gas on migrants. The border was closed for several hours in San Diego, California. Forty-two were arrested on American soil. On the Mexican side, four Central Americans were wounded and 98 were detained before being sent back to their country of origin.
For six weeks, the entry of several caravans in Mexico provoked the ire of Mr. Trump, who denounced "An invasion" of "Criminals". The White House tenant has deployed 9,000 soldiers to the border. Other groups of migrants are en route. By the end of the week, Tijuana could have 8,000 to 9,000, exhausted and desperate.
Precarious conditions
"It's a cul-de-sac for them"Carlos Morazzani, coordinator of the Red Cross, was worried in the Mexican press. The capacity of this agglomeration (1.6 million inhabitants) seems saturated. Most migrants are refugees inside a stadium in precarious conditions. The others sleep outside. The mayor of Tijuana, Juan Manuel Gastelum, said on Friday, "A humanitarian crisis". He calls for help from the federal government and the United Nations, refusing to spend taxpayers' money. Riot police on Monday monitored the area around the stadium and the border posts in Tijuana. But the Mexican government refuses to deploy the army, despite pressure from Mr. Trump to "stop" this exodus.
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