TitleOctober 17, 2023
In the state of California, a 29-year-old Guinean asylum seeker reportedly died while being detained by US immigration officials at an open-air detention center located in the border city of San Diego. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has provided few details about what happened, and the cause of death has not been determined. Human rights and pro-immigrant organizations have repeatedly warned about heat waves and other dangers facing thousands of asylum seekers, including babies and small children, held in open camps run by the United States Border Patrol in the desert. near the town of Jacumba Springs. The agency was accused of failing to provide adequate food, water, hygiene products and medical care to asylum seekers. The executive director of the Al Otro Lado organization, Erika Pinheiro, said in a statement: “This is the first death, but it will not be the last if the Border Patrol [de Estados Unidos] “Continuing to use these camps is a futile and inhumane attempt to deter migrants instead of processing their applications quickly.”
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