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'Shameful' raid on aid camp at US-Mexico border puts lives at risk, volunteers say
Source: The Guardian
'Shameful' raid on aid camp at US-Mexico border puts lives at risk, volunteers say
• Four migrants arrested by border agents at medical aid station in Arizona
• Humanitarian group: ‘Undoubtedly people will die as a result of this action’
Tom Dart
Friday 16 June 2017 20.37 BST
Border Patrol officers have raided a humanitarian aid camp set up to give shelter and water to migrants crossing the scorching Arizona desert, in an operation that activists said puts lives at risk.
Four migrants were arrested during Thursday’s raid on a medical aid station run by the No More Deaths group near the small settlement of Arivaca, about 15 miles from the border and 60 miles south of Tucson.
The operation came as weather in the region heats up even more than normal, with temperatures predicted to rise as high as 114F (46C) in the coming days.
No More Deaths blamed the hardline immigration stance adopted by the Trump administration for the raid, which it said broke a longstanding agreement that border agents would respect the camp as a medical facility under international Red Cross standards and not interfere with its work.
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• Four migrants arrested by border agents at medical aid station in Arizona
• Humanitarian group: ‘Undoubtedly people will die as a result of this action’
Tom Dart
Friday 16 June 2017 20.37 BST
Border Patrol officers have raided a humanitarian aid camp set up to give shelter and water to migrants crossing the scorching Arizona desert, in an operation that activists said puts lives at risk.
Four migrants were arrested during Thursday’s raid on a medical aid station run by the No More Deaths group near the small settlement of Arivaca, about 15 miles from the border and 60 miles south of Tucson.
The operation came as weather in the region heats up even more than normal, with temperatures predicted to rise as high as 114F (46C) in the coming days.
No More Deaths blamed the hardline immigration stance adopted by the Trump administration for the raid, which it said broke a longstanding agreement that border agents would respect the camp as a medical facility under international Red Cross standards and not interfere with its work.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/16/us-mexico-border-aid-camp-raid
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