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2020 | Color | 25:00

In an unprecedented and hard-line change in immigration policy, the Trump Administration’s Migrant Protection Protocol - or the “Remain in Mexico” policy - has forced vulnerable asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as their cases are processed, trapping them in dangerous living conditions without adequate medical services. Weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak, VICE's Paola Ramos traveled to the largest refugee camp on the U.S.-Mexico border in Matamoros, Mexico to embed with the doctors, lawyers, and asylum seekers at the frontlines of this growing humanitarian crisis.


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Heintz; Lara
Script: Conlon; Luisa, Dematteis; Gabriela, Ramos; Paola, Heintz; Lara
Production: Conlon; Luisa, Dematteis; Gabriela, Heintz; Lara
Photography: Maso; Andrew, Alvarez; Guillermo, Conlon; Luisa
Sound: Sims; Ben
Art direction: VICE Media Group
Participation year at FICM: 2021

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Inside the Largest Refugee Camp on the U.S. - Mexican Border

The Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols—or the “Remain in Mexico” policy—has forced vulnerable asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico as their cases are processed, trapping them in dangerous conditions without adequate medical services. Weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak, VICE’s Paola Ramos traveled to the largest refugee camp on the US-Mexico border in Matamoros, Mexico, to embed on the frontline of this growing humanitarian crisis.

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