Historic Mexico church becomes capital’s largest shelter for weary migrants
Published by Reuters By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A historic Mexico City church has morphed into the capital's largest migrant shelter, with hundreds of sleeping mats stacked high inside and a growing tent city clustered around it where many await news before resuming their risky trek north. The noisy, makeshift migrant hub […]
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By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A historic Mexico City church has morphed into the capital's largest migrant shelter, with hundreds of sleeping mats stacked high inside and a growing tent city clustered around it where many await news before resuming their risky trek north. The noisy, makeshift migrant hub located just blocks behind the president's downtown offices is the latest sign of Mexico's struggle to handle record migration from across Latin America. The Catholic church's activist pastor has for years opened its doors and spacious nave to the homeless or otherwise marginal…
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