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Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 16, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: With no buses leaving northbound for the night, the National Guard members retreat after Haitian migrants have been queueing up by the side of the a a highway in the Southside ofTapachula, Mexico on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. The encampment swells to several thousands and up to one kilometer long. It has been plagued with a lack of water, food, and sanitation. The slow deployment of buses headed northbound has frustrated the thousands of Haitians and other migrants unhoused in the city. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211216_zap_t130_015 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 11, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: David Asyou endures the heat and lack of proper housing as his aunt Mirlande tries to calm him in a makeshift camp under a tree in Tapachula, Mexico on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. The option to camp at the Olympic Stadium has been closed to migrants with thousands resorting to make their homes on the streets. Decades of political and economic and instability have forced Haitians to find a way to survive abroad. Many have lived in Brazil, Chile and other South Americans countries before making a perilous journey to Tapachula, Mexico through Central America. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211211_zap_t130_005 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 16, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: Haitian migrants queue up with the hope of catching bus provided by National Institute of Migration by the side of the a highway in the Southside ofTapachula, Mexico on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. The encampment swells to several thousands and up to one kilometer long. It has been plagued with a lack of water, food, and sanitation. The slow deployment of buses headed northbound has frustrated the thousands of Haitians and other migrants unhoused in the city. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211216_zap_t130_012 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 10, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: A local police officer tells an Haitian migrant to leave the premises of the Olympic Stadium which is no longer available as a place to camp in Tapachula, Mexico on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. Police officers tell migrants that their options include camping in another park or in the forest. Decades of political and economic and instability have forced Haitians to find a way to survive abroad. Many have lived in Brazil, Chile and other South Americans countries before making a perilous journey to Tapachula, Mexico through Central America. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211210_zap_t130_003 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 11, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: Francesca,4, braids her mother Jeuniseâ€⠢s hair as they camp out on the streets in Tapachula, Mexico on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. The option to camp at the Olympic Stadium has been closed to migrants with thousands resorting to make their homes on the streets. Decades of political and economic and instability have forced Haitians to find a way to survive abroad. Many have lived in Brazil, Chile and other South Americans countries before making a perilous journey to Tapachula, Mexico through Central America. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211211_zap_t130_004 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 16, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: Haitian migrants including Miguelso Louis and his son Miguel,3, queue up at the Ecological Park to get permits from the National Institute of Migration in Tapachula, Mexico on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. The slow deployment of permits and or buses headed northbound has frustrated the thousands of Haitians and other migrants unhoused in the city. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211216_zap_t130_011 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 16, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: Vendors, themselves mostly Haitian cater to other Haitian migrants queued up by the side of the a a highway in the Southside ofTapachula, Mexico on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. The encampment swells to several thousands and up to one kilometer long. It has been plagued with a lack of water, food, and sanitation. The slow deployment of buses headed northbound has frustrated the thousands of Haitians and other migrants unhoused in the city. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211216_zap_t130_010 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 11, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: Chrisner Mathiew,28, and Mackenson Pierre,31, are musicians and devoted Christians are camping on the streets with thousands of other Haitians. They made the journey from Chile together enduring robbers and other dangerous elements along the way in Tapachula, Mexico on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. They both left Haiti in 2014 and made their way to Chile to find work. Decades of political and economic and instability have forced Haitians to find a way to survive abroad. Many have lived in Brazil, Chile and other South Americans countries before making a perilous journey to Tapachula, Mexico through Central America. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211211_zap_t130_002 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 10, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: Haitian Juliette Julien and her son are the fortunate ones today as they are able to board a bus for Mexico City on their journey northward from the Olympic Stadium in Tapachula, Mexico on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. Decades of political and economic and instability have forced Haitians to find a way to survive abroad. Many have lived in Brazil, Chile and other South Americans countries before making a perilous journey to Tapachula, Mexico through Central America. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211210_zap_t130_002 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 16, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: Haitian migrants queue up with the hope of catching bus provided by National Institute of Migration by the side of the a highway in the Southside ofTapachula, Mexico on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. The encampment swells to several thousands and up to one kilometer long. It has been plagued with a lack of water, food, and sanitation. The slow deployment of buses headed northbound has frustrated the thousands of Haitians and other migrants unhoused in the city. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211216_zap_t130_002 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 11, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: A Mexican national is allowing Haitians to camp out on his property because some of them are suffering from the heat and other afflictions in Tapachula, Mexico on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. The option to camp at the Olympic Stadium has been closed to migrants with thousands resorting to make their homes on the streets. Decades of political and economic and instability have forced Haitians to find a way to survive abroad. Many have lived in Brazil, Chile and other South Americans countries before making a perilous journey to Tapachula, Mexico through Central America. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211211_zap_t130_001 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 12, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: Haitian migrant Marie THERESE JOSEPH, 36, wonders why the Mexican government is treating them like animals. On a road side encampment in the southern part of the city in Tapachula. She has been here in Tapachula for four months but the government will not provide her papers or transportation to leave northward. The encampment is over 1 km long and has over 10,000 individuals living without running water, food, or sanitation. Decades of political and economic and instability have forced Haitians to find a way to survive abroad. Many have lived in Brazil, Chile and other South Americans countries before making a perilous journey to Tapachula, Mexico through Central America. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211212_new_t130_225 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 12, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: Haitian migrants take advantage of the only free source of water to bathe and wash their clothes in a river near their road side encampments in the southern part of the city in Tapachula.The encampment is over 1 km long and has over 10,000 individuals living without running water, food, or sanitation. Decades of political and economic and instability have forced Haitians to find a way to survive abroad. Many have lived in Brazil, Chile and other South Americans countries before making a perilous journey to Tapachula, Mexico through Central America. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211212_new_t130_224 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 12, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: Haitian migrants take advantage of the only free source of water to bathe and wash their clothes in a river near their road side encampments in the southern part of the city in Tapachula, Mexico. The encampment is over 1 km long and has over 10,000 individuals living without running water, food, or sanitation. Decades of political and economic and instability have forced Haitians to find a way to survive abroad. Many have lived in Brazil, Chile and other South Americans countries before making a perilous journey to Tapachula, Mexico through Central America. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211212_new_t130_223 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix

Mexiko, Lage der Geflüchteten in Tapachula December 12, 2021, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico: Haitian migrants take shelter under a giant tarp outside the Ecological Park in the city in Tapachula. This group of migrants are trying to avoid another encampment in the south of the city that is 1 kilometer long and has over 10,000 individuals living without running water, food, or sanitation. Decades of political and economic and instability have forced Haitians to find a way to survive abroad. Many have lived in Brazil, Chile and other South Americans countries before making a perilous journey to Tapachula, Mexico through Central America. Tapachula Mexico - ZUMAt130 20211212_new_t130_222 Copyright: xRichardxTsong-Taatariix