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An asylum seeker walks along the border

Take Action: Rescind Order to Halt Asylum Processes

Apr 30, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, Migrant Clinicians Network joined Doctors for America, Refugee Health Alliance, and Human Impact Partners to demand that Robert R. Redfield, MD, the Director of Centers for Disease…
MCN's Jessica Candela working with Molly Jolliff on the webinar for providers of support for Camp Fire survivors

Camp Fire Response and Recovery: A Snapshot of Community Providers’ Perspectives

Feb 19, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
MCN's Jessica Candela working with Molly Jolliff on a webinar for those who provide support or services to Camp Fire survivors. On November 19, 2019, Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) held a free…
Health Network's Alma Colmenero and Robert Corona discuss a case in the MCN office in Austin, TX.

A Six-Year-Old Asylum Seeker with Microcephaly and Frequent Seizures Struggles to Get Emergency Care, So Health Network Steps In

Jan 23, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Health Network's Alma Colmenero and Robert Corona discuss a case in the MCN office in Austin, TX. A young Guatemalan mother and father and their two young sons crossed the border earlier this…
Marysel Pagán Santana with relief team members in Maricao

Earthquakes in Puerto Rico: Learning from communities and supporting their work

Jan 16, 2020
By: Anonymous
MCN's Marysel Pagán Santana with members of a relief team at a camp in Maricao for those displaced by the earthquakes.By Marysel Pagán Santana, DrPH, MSFor the last 100 years, Puerto Rico, despite…
People stand on ridge holding hands with sun above

Helping the Helpers: Tools for Trauma and Self-Care in the Wake of the Camp Fire

Dec 9, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
a worker helping Camp Fire survivors, what pitfalls do you think are pertinent? In contrast, what ways can maximize effectiveness in the field?” This question, asked by a participant during…
Dr. Laszlo Madaras at the Austro-Hungarian Border

Dr. Madaras: A Refugee’s First Thanksgiving

Nov 27, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Dr. Laszlo Madaras at the Austro-Hungarian border while traveling in 2019. Fifty years ago, after a year living as refugees, the family of Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, finally arrived in Bangor, Maine…
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Announcing MCN’s Updated Mission and Vision

Nov 4, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Since 1984, Migrant Clinicians Network has worked tirelessly to build practical solutions at the intersection of vulnerability, migration, and health -- and we’re ready for the next 35 years. To…
Mike Seifert points at lists of names of those waiting to be called to cross border legally

Perspective from the Border: Mike Seifert

Sep 18, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“The Rio Grande Valley, which is one end of our very long southern border, is an entity in and of itself,” summarized Mike Seifert, a border advocate and resident for over 30 years. The region’s…
Woman stands with her baby and daughter

MCN Statement: New Migrant Policies Jeopardize the Health and Safety of Migrants

Sep 17, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“A Guatemalan father and daughter were being held by kidnappers in Ciudad Juarez at the time of their US hearings in early July but were ordered deported because they didn’t show up to court.” -…
CBP officer lets detainees out of holding area.

Is Medical Protocol at Border Patrol Facilities Sufficient?

Sep 10, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Who is responsible for the health and wellbeing of refugee-seeking families in detention at the US-Mexico border? At least three children have died of influenza while in Customs and Border…
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On the Other Side: Central American Immigrants on the Northern Border of Mexico

Aug 28, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
(This image is licensed under: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode)US President Donald Trump announced at the end of May his decision to impose new tariffs or increase existing…
Position Statement: Children Should Never Be Held in Detention

Position Statement: Children Should Never Be Held In Detention

Aug 22, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network stands firmly against the Trump Administration’s shocking decision to dissolve the Flores Settlement, paving the way to detain children for indefinite periods of time.“It…
MCN CEO Karen Mountain and Board Member Marsha Griffin at the border

"People Are Just Trying to Survive": MCN's Dr. Laszlo Madaras Reflects After Returning from the Border

Jul 23, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
July is a time of reflection for Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer of Migrant Clinicians Network. A quarter-century ago, in July, 1994, he traveled to Rwanda to serve the urgent health…
Woman looks out from under umbrella

Ghettoization of the Migrant Population: Perspective from Dr. John Ghertner

Jun 4, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
John Ghertner, MD, has been living and working as a physician for the migrant community in the Finger Lakes region of New York State since around 1980. His integration into the community -- he says…
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MCN Statement: Detention Facilities are Inappropriate for Children

May 24, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The repeated and avoidable deaths of migrant children in detention is unconscionable. We at Migrant Clinicians Network demand immediate implementation of greater safeguards and better conditions…
Man and child look through border fence

The US-Mexico Border Then and Now, with Timothy Dunn

Apr 22, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(This image is licensed under: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode) “Historically, we’re nowhere near the levels we were, at the turn of the century,” noted Timothy Dunn,…
Child looks at border fence

From the Border: Refugees and Their Health Needs, with Dr. Marsha Griffin

Apr 4, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
What’s happening at the border bridges? Dr. Griffin explains that, typically, an immigrant who wishes to seek asylum approaches the center of a walking bridge that crosses the Rio Grande to the US…
Ed Zuroweste treats elderly woman

Dr. Ed Zuroweste: What is a climate migrant, and how do we care for them?

Jan 9, 2019
By: Brenda Ramirez
Today, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Ed Zuroweste, MD, Co-Chief Medical Officer, published an op-ed in STAT News detailing the rise of climate migrants -- those who are moving because climate…
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Dr. Laszlo Madaras on Immigration: Care and Respect is Part of the American Character

Jan 8, 2019
By: Jannette Nuñez
What a difference a half-century makes. 50 years ago in the fall of 1968, I arrived in America as a young boy, and my family was not very different from many of those waiting at the US-Mexico…
Militarization of Mexican border

Militarization on the Border: Professor Timothy Dunn on the History and Implications for Health

Dec 4, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Assuring health justice for the mobile poor, including asylum seekers and refugees, starts with an immigration strategy that prioritizes health and well-being. As we’ve seen in recent months,…
migrants stopped at border

Position Statement: Migrants and Refugee Seekers Deserve Asylum Claim Process, Not Tear Gas

Nov 26, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
(photo by Karl Hoffman) Yesterday, Customs and Border Protection agents fired tear gas into a crowd of migrants near the Tijuana-San Diego port of entry, after some, participating in a protest,…
Family gathers water in forest

World Refugee Day: Lessons from Serving Asylum Seekers

Jun 20, 2018
By: Caitlin A. Fish J.D.
photo: Earl DotterTrauma-Informed Care: Lessons from Serving Asylum SeekersBy Kate Sugarman, MDA woman came to the exam room with irregular and heavy periods, during which she says she was passing…
Mother and child

Position Statement: Families Seeking Safe Haven Should Not Be Separated

May 14, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
As health care providers, we at Migrant Clinicians Network strongly oppose immigration policy that separates children from their parents. The lifelong health impacts of such trauma administered by…
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MCN's Institutional Review Board Welcomes New Member

Jan 25, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network prides itself in filling in the gaps when it comes to migrant health. For almost two decades, MCN’s Institutional Review Board has stepped up to review and monitor…
Dream and Nightmares by Liliana Velásquez

Liliana Velásquez: From Unaccompanied Minor to College Freshman and Future Nurse

Aug 29, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“One of the narcos pistol-whipped me on the head, because he wanted my backpack to see if there was money inside. He said, ‘We need you to turn all of your money over to us.’ Then they threw all of…
refugee children traveling

World Refugees In Our Hometowns: Serving Unaccompanied Minors

Jun 20, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today is World Refugee Day. Here in the US, thousands of people arrive at our borders each year requesting asylum. Many of them are children who arrive without an adult. “Unaccompanied children”…