Global Disaster Snapshot: Migrant influx on US-Mexico border (12 May 23)

Tens of thousands of migrants were amassed at the U.S.-Mexico border as Title 42, which allowed the US Government to deny entry to many, was repealed.

Consequently, daily crossings have averaged at ten thousand migrants a day. The high influx has potential to overwhelm migrant shelters and humanitarian shelters throughout the southern border cities, which have reported limited capacity which is at risk of being exceeded.

Read more in our latest Global Disaster Snapshot (007).