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The United States is preparing new sanctions targeting the regime of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, in coordination with the European Union, over the "inhumane facilitation" of migrant flows on its border with Poland. SOUNDBITE
Necocli, Colombia, Sep 29 (EFE).- Stuck for a month waiting on the Colombian-Panama border spending the money they still have to get to the United States or turning around and returning to where they started, to countries where their future is not assured. That is the decision facing Haitian migrants in Necocli, Colombia."Here things are very difficult. Nobody is helping us," they say."The Colombians are asking for a lot of money from us," and "They're making money off of us" are other comments from the migrants. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ).B-ROLL OF HAITIAN MIGRANTS CROSSING RIVER IN NECOCLI, COLOMBIA.
Ciudad Acuña, Sep 21 (EFE/EPA).- Volunteers on Tuesday distributed food and clothes to Haitian migrants encamped in Ciudad Acuña, on the US-Mexico border.According to reports more than 14,000 people have crossed the Rio Grande river from Mexico creating a humanitarian crisis. The Biden administration has started to fly the migrants back to Haiti according to federal officials. (Camera: ALLISON DINNER). SHOT LIST: DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND CLOTHES TO HAITIAN MIGRANTS, IN CIUDAD ACUÑA, MEXICO.
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico), Jun 13 (EFE) (Images: Raúl Morales) .- The migratory pressure on the northern border continues in Mexican cities such as Ciudad Juárez and reflects the incessant wave that the region is experiencing, which in May registered a new maximum of more than 180,000 undocumented persons arrested by the United States.FOOTAGE OF THE BORDER IN CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO.
Tapachula, Mar 27 (EFE).- Mexican and Guatemalan authorities began a binational operation Saturday to stop the growing migratory flow, citing the need to avoid the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent human trafficking. (Camera: JUAN MANUEL BLANCO).SHOT LIST: OFFICERS OF THE MEXICAN ARMY AND NATIONAL GUARD TAKE PART IN THE 'CEREMONY OF PRESENTATION OF THE GROUPS ORGANIZED, EQUIPPED AND TRAINED FOR HUMANITARIAN RESCUE', IN THE CITY OF TAPACHULA, STATE OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO. SOUND BITES: VICENTE ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ, THE COMMANDER OF TAPACHULA AND GUILLERMO DÍAZ, DIRECTOR OF GUATEMALAN INSTITUTE OF MIGRATION (IGM) (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS:1. VICENTE ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ, THE COMMANDER OF TAPACHULA.- The fundamental objective is that we all protect ourselves, because Easter is coming and holidays are coming and we must remember that last year after the long weekend, there was a strong resurgence (of cases).2. GUILLERMO DÍAZ, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF GUATEMALAN MIGRATION INSTITUTE (IGM).- We should recognize that Guatemala is a transit country, not a country of destination. And since we're a transit country, the health conditions of those who come are concerned, as much as our own and those of our Mexican neighbors.