Deportation and Homelessness in a Mexico-US Border City: An Assessment of Health Status and Health Care (original) (raw)

Abstract

Introduction: Every year, hundreds of thousands of Mexican migrants arrive at the Mexico- United States (US) border, after being removed or returned by the US migration authorities. In Tijuana, a Mexican city across the border from California, returnees have become part of the homeless population, subsisting in conditions of limited access to health and social services. Objective: To characterize the physical and mental health profile, and access to health services of homeless returnees, and to compare it with the characteristics of persons with no migratory experience, among a homeless population in Tijuana. Methods: We conducted a survey in a temporary camp for returned migrants and homeless people in Tijuana in December 2013. Aiming to survey all persons sleeping in the camp during a 3 week period, and who had not answered to the survey before, we approached 460 persons, of which 435 (94.6%) agreed to respond. The questionnaire explored self-perceived health, previous diagnosis o...

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