Lost in Villahermosa: Stories of People Stranded without Status or Support Â
We spoke with migrants and asylum seekers stranded in Villahermosa, Mexico.
December 22, 2025
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A Tale of Two Christmas Seasons at the U.S.-Mexico BorderÂ
These past two years, I have visited detention centers, shelters, and parts of the border fence in Arizona to listen to migrants' stories. Here is what I've found.
December 28, 2023
No Rights: Mexican Airports as Unprotected Spaces for Asylum Seekers
For most foreigners who enter Mexico through one of its 15 international airports, inspection zones are scenes of minor, routine screening of luggage and personal documents. For others, however, they…
December 11, 2020
Meet the Woman Standing Up for Asylum Seekers at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Meet Gladis, one of the few people providing aid to several hundred asylum seekers returned to Mexico
October 4, 2019
Displacement and Violence in the Northern Triangle
Following a recent mission to the Northern Triangle region of Central American, Refugees International finds that current conditions require that the United States government not deport Temporary Protective Status beneficiaries…
November 29, 2017
In Mexico, Hundreds of Thousands Displaced by Crime
Although official counts vary widely, hundreds of thousands of Mexican citizens are known to be internally displaced. Most of those who fled their homes left as a result of violence…
July 3, 2014
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