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An evangelical church group from San Diego, USA, visits the El Chaparral camp of asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico. While church members lays out a table of food brought by the group, and a queue of hungry migrants forms behind it, a male pastor shouts prayers excitedly into a loudspeaker and another lays his hands on women 'to heal them'. Once lengthy prayers are said, food is served. Church groups come to the camp every day, some require a lot of attention and participation from the migrants than others before they serve them food, others quickly bless the food and distribute it. For some the long services are a welcome distraction, and they provide spiritual sustenance in a desperate situation.

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An evangelical church group from San Diego, USA, visits the El Chaparral camp of asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico. While church members lays out a table of food brought by the group, and a queue of hungry migrants forms behind it, a male pastor shouts prayers excitedly into a loudspeaker and another lays his hands on women 'to heal them'. Once lengthy prayers are said, food is served. Church groups come to the camp every day, some require a lot of attention and participation from the migrants than others before they serve them food, others quickly bless the food and distribute it. For some the long services are a welcome distraction, and they provide spiritual sustenance in a desperate situation.