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July 29, 2020

United Nations to Set Up Shelters for Asylum Seekers Stranded at U.S.-Mexico Border
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The United Nations is setting up temporary housing units for thousands
of asylum seekers stuck in Mexico as they wait for their asylum claims
to be heard in the U.S. Some of the housing units will be sent to the
border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, where asylum seekers were
evacuated Monday as the region was hit by Hurricane Hanna. At least five
people are missing and feared dead after several refugee encampments
flooded.


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