The Hidden Mental Health Crisis at Mexico's Border
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis at Mexico's Border
By
Benjamin Russell
Migrants' struggles with trauma and mental health are going overlooked and undertreated.
This article is adapted from AQ's special report on migration
TAPACHULA, Mexico — The modern name and whitewashed façade of the Siglo XXI (21st Century) “migration station” belie the nightmarish conditions migrants say they endure inside.
Several who passed through the facility during their quest for asylum in Mexico told AQ about diarrhea-inducing food, filthy bathrooms and sleepless nights, a Haitian woman getting roughed up for not understanding orders in Spanish, and the...
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