In Tijuana, shelter for Muslim migrants on US doorstep
From Algeria, Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan, citizens of distant Muslim countries wait for US asylum at a shelter in the Mexican border city of Tijuana – more used to seeing migrants from Latin America than the Middle East. At the Assabil Inn, Mexico's first shelter catering for US-bound Muslim migrants, guests’ backstories are as varied as the assortment of languages they speak.
From Algeria, Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan, citizens of distant Muslim countries wait for US asylum at a shelter in the Mexican border city of Tijuana – more used to seeing migrants from Latin America than the Middle East. At the Assabil Inn, Mexico's first shelter catering for US-bound Muslim migrants, guests’ backstories are as varied as the assortment of languages they speak.
