Dignity Across Borders- Thursday Mar 21, 2019


Presentation by:
Ramón Marquez
Executive director of La 72 and expert
on migration issues in the
southern Mexico / Central American northern region


Andrea Covarrubias
Volunteer La 72
Student, Major in Sociology
Central American Migration
University of Guanajuato, Mexico


Thursday Mar 21
11:10 am -12:35 pm
Room MS 462


San Diego City College
Social Justice Conference



La 72 Hogar Refugio Shelter for Immigrant People
@ Tenosique, Tabasco in the Mexico-Guatemala Border

La 72 is amigrant shelter between Mexico and Guatemala that provides reguge to Central Americans fleeing their homes in the hopes of a better life. La 72 is committed to fighting for the rights and dignity of immigrants and refugees.


La 72 houses and serves approximately 13,000 migrants and refugees from Central America every year. Currently, more and more migrants are soliciting asylum in Mexico. La 72 serves a significant number of LGBTQ persons and unaccompanied minors each year as well. Tenosique, Tabasco, is one of only three towns in Mexico with a permanent United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) presence, and La 72 serves a strategic focal point for institutions such as Doctors Without Borders and Asylum Access.


Video on Immigrants and La 72
https://vimeo.com/149637914


More info:
Enrique Davalos
edavalos@sdccd.edu

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