Some migrants choose to leave Tijuana and go back home

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Earlier this week, the International Organization for Migration reported that some families in Tijuana agreed to its voluntary return program. It’s only a small handful of people compared with the thousands of migrants still at the border. But Christopher Gascon, the chief of mission at IOM, says that more and more families are deciding to going back home. 

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