MEXICO CITY (Reuters – Mexican authorities have cleared a temporary camp north of Mexico where hundreds of migrants were waiting for the U.S. border. They had been there more than a decade in conditions that rights organisations called ‘deplorable’.

Nearly 400 migrants are now being transferred by bus from Tijuana to three refuges, which they may stay “indefinitely,” according Montserrat Caballero the Mayor of the City.

Caballero offered assistance to migrants, regardless of their decision to remain in Tijuana and return to the countries they came from.

Caballero stated, “We will pay for transfers, and if they wish to wait for their American dream, we will also support them as they wait.”

Videos shared by social media showed dozens of security agents, including National Guard soldiers, dissolving the temporary camp that was enclosed with metal mesh.

Parents with young children were also seen moving their stuff. No reports were made of any violence.

Caballero stated that the troops weren’t armed, and that migrants boarded buses in their own volition because they were notified beforehand they would be moved.

However, one Guatemalan mother who arrived in Tijuana last year, requested anonymity because she believed migrants must follow her orders.

Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission, (CNDH), urged immigration authorities on Saturday to expedite the procedures that would allow nearly 2,000 migrants to obtain documents that regularize or permit them to cross the border without detention.

Tens of thousands flee their homeland each year to seek asylum in the United States. However, many also look for protection and refuge in Mexico.