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In Mexico border camps, families ‘wait for US doors to open’

Asylum seekers blocked from seeking protection in the US say conditions in Mexican border areas are increasingly dire.

In the Mexican border city of Reynosa, home to nearly one million people, hundreds of families are camped out in a central plaza waiting for a chance to cross the border into the United States [Dylan Baddour/Al Jazeera]

Historic division of ‘the two Laredos’ ends with border reopening

Laredo, in the US and Nuevo Laredo, in Mexico are like one city – pandemic closures created losses hard to reclaim.

The border closure saw northbound crossings on the area’s main pedestrian bridge fall by about 60 percent [Dylan Baddour/Al Jazeera]

‘Race blind’: New Texas districts appear to favour white voters

New boundaries drawn by Republican-led legislature appear to disadvantage the growing Hispanic population.

A woman casts her ballot in the 2020 general election inside the Basset Place mall in El Paso, Texas on November 3, 2020 [Justin Hamel/AFP]

Shock, disbelief, panic: Living under the Texas abortion ban

New law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy fuels desperate scramble to find and provide abortion services.

Women marched on October 2 at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, to protest recently passed legislation banning most abortions [Stephen Spillman/AP Photo]

US-Mexico border: The ‘sidewalk school’ teaching migrant children

In a camp housing asylum seekers in Matamoros, Mexico, one woman’s school helps migrant students get an education.

Matamoros

A refugee camp grows on the US-Mexico border

In Mexico’s Matamoros, thousands of asylum seekers wait in an encampment for their asylum cases to be heard in the US.

Matamoros

More than 200,000 strike against Colombia’s Duque: What’s next?

Organisers of Thursday’s strike that brought out indigenous groups, students, labour unions call for a repeat on Monday.

Colombia strike

Venezuelans race to Ecuador before new visa rules take effect

Ecuador set to become latest South American country to implement strict visa requirements for Venezuelans.

Venezuelans race to Ecuador [Pu Ying Huang/Al Jazeera]

Colombia sees new migrant wave from Venezuela amid US sanctions

Rights groups say Colombia unprepared to deal with another humanitarian crisis as new wave of Venezuela migrants arrive.

Venezuelan Immigrants Living in Colombian Border Settlement

UNSC in Colombia to check on implementation of FARC peace deal

The UN Security Council makes four-day visit to Colombia to check in on the implementation of the landmark agreement.

UN Security Council