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Families with young children climb the border fence on Mexico's Tijuana beach attempting to reach the United States. In the last 11 months, at least 1.8 million people have reached the southern US border, many of them searching for safety and economic opportunities. IMAGES
Migrants who have recently made it to the US arrive in buses from detention centers to reunite with family members for the first time after being separated at the US-Mexico border near Brownsville’s bus station, in Texas. IMAGES
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, June19 (EFE).- Hundreds of separated families met briefly at the border between Mexico and the United States after decades of living apart thanks to the 8th annual "Hugs Not Walls" event.The tearful reunion took place on the dry riverbed of the Rio Grande, a concrete culvert that marks the border between the US and Mexico.It allowed hundreds of Mexican immigrants, who have irregular status and unable to return to their native country, to meet, see, touch, and hug their families on the international border. (Camera: RAÚL MORALES).SHOT LIST: MIGRANT FAMILIES GATHER AT THE EDGE OF THE RIO GRANDE DURING THE EIGHTH EDITION OF THE EVENT 'HUGS, NOT WALLS', IN THE BORDER OF CIUDAD JUAREZ IN CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO.
Mexican families in Tijuana meet families in San Diego, through a steel wall, after being deported and separated. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Mexican families in Tijuana meet families in San Diego, through a steel wall, after being deported and separated. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.