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Migrant caravan: Humanitarian crisis develops in Tijuana

News imageAFP Lila lies with her 10-month-old daughter Sofia from Honduras and reads information about claiming asylum in the US as she rests in a temporary shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, 23 NovemberAFP
Lila and her baby daughter Sofia, originally from Honduras, are among some 4,600 migrants who have reached the city in a caravan, or convoy, for protection in recent weeks.

The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana has declared a humanitarian crisis as it struggles to cope with an influx of migrants, all hoping to cross into the US.

News imageReuters Yeni, 20, from Guatemala, changes the nappy of her one-year-old daughter Marta in a temporary shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, 23 NovemberReuters
Yeni, 20, from Guatemala, arrived in the city with her one-year-old daughter Marta.
News imageReuters Jeyri, a seven-year-old migrant girl from Honduras, waves a US flag as she rests with her family in a temporary shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, 23 NovemberReuters
Jeyri, a seven-year-old migrant girl from Honduras, waves a US flag as she rests with her family. The migrants hope to claim asylum in America.
News imageReuters Members of a caravan from Central America trying to reach the United States sleep under a road bridge next to the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, 23 NovemberReuters
These migrants in Tijuana were sleeping under a road bridge on Friday.
News imageAFP A Central American migrant rests under a bridge near El Chaparral port of entry at the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, 23 NovemberAFP
The migrants face a long wait to be processed by US immigration officials.
News imageEPA An aerial view of shelters where members of the Central American migrant caravan are staying in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, 23 NovemberEPA
Meanwhile, they camp out close to the frontier.
News imageAFP Central American migrants, mostly Hondurans, remain at a shelter near the US-Mexico border fence in Tijuana, 23 NovemberAFP
The lucky ones have tents to shelter from the sun.
News imageReuters A migrant carries her food outside a temporary shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, 23 NovemberReuters
Food is on hand at the shelter provided by the Mexican authorities.
News imageAFP A group of Central American migrants are seen lining up for food outside a temporary shelter at the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on 23 NovemberAFP
But costs are mounting and the mayor, Juan Manuel Gastelum, has urged international agencies to help.

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