Inside the Largest Refugee Camp on the US-Mexican Border

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Short / Documentary
USA, 2020, 25 min

Directed by:

Lara Heintz

Screenplay:

Lara Heintz, Luisa Conlon

Cinematography:

Luisa Conlon
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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. (Morelia International Film Festival)

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