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Matamoros (Mexico) (EFE), (Camera: Marco Antonio Rodríguez).- After months stranded in the border city of Matamoros waiting to receive asylum by the United States, hundreds of migrants hope of a radical change with Joe Biden's arrival at the White House.Thousands of kilometres away, a migrant caravan was prevented from crossing the Guatemala-Honduras border.FOOTAGE OF MIGRANTS STRANDED IN MATAMOROS, MEXICO.SOUNDBITES OF:-MARÍA GUADALUPE, GUATEMALAN MIGRANT:"Here everybody is happy. Cubans watch the news and they jump with excitement, they shout... They say 'We will cross. We just have to be patient and wait a few more months. "-ROBERTO HERNÁNDEZ, SALVADORAN MIGRANT:"We are happy that a president like that arrives (at the White House). A president who is reasonable and knows about humanity."-JUAN ANTONIO SIERRA VARGAS, COORDINATOR AT MIGRANT HOUSE:"There is no support from any level of government. We are facing critical conditions."
New Delhi/Dharamshala/Jammu, Mar 26 (EFE).- India on Thursday announced measures worth 1.7 trillion rupees (around $22.5 billion) to help the poor and most vulnerable segments of the population, which have been hit hard by economic activity grinding to a halt amid a total lockdown aimed at preventing an outbreak of the new coronavirus.On the second day of the three-week nationwide shutdown, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced at a press conference that the government would release food aid for two-thirds of the population - around 800 million people - and release cash, subsidies and loans for the poor, farmers, construction workers and rural women (Camera: RAJAT GUPTA/SANJAY BAID/JAIPAL SINGH).SHOTLIST: B-ROLLS OF THE STREETS AND PEOPLE IN New Delhi (00:00-01:38),Dharamshala (01:38-02:57) AND JAMMU (02:57-END) ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE THREE-WEEK NATIONAL LOCKDOWN DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN INDIA.
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Migrants attempt to pull down a section of a barbed wire fence installed by Texas authorities on the Mexico-US border. The tensions on the border come amid an ongoing legal back-and-forth over a Texas law that would allow state police to arrest and deport migrants who cross illegally into the United States from Mexico. IMAGES
Hundreds of migrants wait to be processed by US authorities in Eagle Pass, Texas, after crossing the US-Mexico border. The state's Republican governor signed a bill on Monday that would allow state police to arrest and deport migrants who cross illegally into the United States from Mexico. The move by Governor Greg Abbott sets up a potential legal clash with the federal government, which generally sets and enforces immigration laws. IMAGES
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