Surge of Haitians leaving Brazil arrive on U.S.-Mexico border
by Reuters
Thursday, 15 September 2016 22:31 GMT
By Julia Edwards
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - U.S. border officials are struggling to find enough space to temporarily hold hundreds of Haitian immigrants who left Brazil, where they relocated after Haiti's 2010 earthquake, but have decided to move again amid recession and the Rio Olympics ending.
According to an internal U.S. Customs and Border Protection email sent on Wednesday and seen by Reuters, an official in San Ysidro, California, reported 900 Haitians were waiting to cross from Tijuana in Mexico and asked Border Patrol to send Creole speakers to interpret interviews with migrants.
Apprehensions of Haitians in southern Mexico are also on the rise, where an estimated 500 arrived on Monday, indicating that the surge toward the United States could grow when those people travel north.
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