The migrant shelters that have given a place to stay to thousands of Haitians migrants in Baja California, mainly in the city of Tijuana, have been given an ultimatum to leave.

The agreed date was the last day of April, but they have been given a period of a few more days for those who have not found a home yet.

The main reason for this situation is its current status in Mexico, where they decided not to continue the process of political asylum in the United States. So, that makes them residents of Tijuana, not refugees or migrants anymore, unqualified for shelters.

In his statement for the local newspaper El Mexicano, the president of the State Council for Migrant Care, Carlos Mora Álvarez, said that these spaces occupied by Haitian migrants have to be evicted to receive Mexican migrants which intentions are to cross to the United States or that return in deportation status.

This situation is mainly found in shelters that work with the objective of giving support to Mexican and Central American migrants, who opened their doors to Haitians because they were considered refugees or immigrants, but they aren't meant to function as a permanent housing.

Churches who adapted their facilities to receive Haitians in the same way might have other criteria, but they too will have to return to their work of providing religious services in those facilities.

In recent weeks, up to 700 migrants have been deported per week, so both the "Father Chava Breakfast Room" and "The Migrant's House" are looking for more space to serve them.

A figure that contrasts with the low arrival of foreign migrants.

Via El Mexicano.

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