Authorities in Tijuana say they plan to open another shelter for migrants in the Mexican border city.
The shelter will house at least 3,000 people and will be located in the eastern part of the city, said Rodolfo Olimpo, a representative from Baja California state's Special Committee on Migration Issues.
Preparations for the new shelter have been in the works for days, officials said. It could open Thursday or Friday.
Thousands of migrants have arrived in Tijuana in recent weeks. Many are traveling as part of so-called caravans, large groups that trekked from Central America, largely on foot.
Tensions flared Sunday when a group of migrants rushed the border and US authorities fired tear gas. Since then, the situation has calmed.
But Tijuana's mayor says his city is still facing a humanitarian crisis as migrants camp out awaiting the chance to make an asylum claim in the United States.
A sports complex near the border has become a makeshift shelter for more than 5,000 migrants. That's at least triple its capacity, and human rights groups describe conditions inside as unsanitary. They've accused US authorities of creating a crisis by limiting processing at ports of entry.
Slide 1 of 49: A migrant family, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, run away from tear gas in front of the border wall between the U.S and Mexico in Tijuana, Mexico November 25, 2018.
Slide 2 of 49: U.S. Marines install razor wire next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence on December 2, 2018 as seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Marines continued reinforcing the fence on the San Diego side of the border, with thousands of members of the migrant caravan housed nearby in Tijuana.
Slide 3 of 49: Migrants line up for donated food inside a former concert venue serving as a shelter for migrants in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. The city government closed down on Saturday a migrant shelter at a sports complex close to the U.S. border, moving thousands of the more than 6,000 Central Americans who had been camped there to the former concert venue much further from the border.
Slide 4 of 49: A migrant family with their belongings packed waits in their tent on the street for buses to arrive to carry them to a new shelter, in Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. By Saturday afternoon, most of the thousands of migrants who had been camped out at the sports complex had agreed to move to the new, more distant shelter. Others decided to try their luck camping in the street near the former shelter or look for their own accommodation.
Slide 49 of 49: Miguel Angel Luna gets his hair rinsed as he undergoes a treatment for lice with help from a group of local volunteer nurses, outside of the shelter set up for migrants from Central America in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. A day after a march by members of the migrant caravan turned into an attempt to breach the U.S. border with Mexico, many migrants appeared sullen Monday, wondering whether the unrest had spoiled whatever possibilities they might have had for making asylum cases.
Slide 1 of 49: A migrant family, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, run away from tear gas in front of the border wall between the U.S and Mexico in Tijuana, Mexico November 25, 2018.
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A caravan of several thousand Central American migrants is heading towards the United States border, moving north through Mexico.
(Pictured) Maria Lila Meza, 39, and two children run with other migrants away from tear gas in front of the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico on Nov. 25.
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US officials say limited resources and capacity mean they can only process a fraction of cases on the waiting list daily.
A group of migrants said Thursday that they planned to begin a hunger strike to push for the United States to speed up the processing of asylum claims.
CNN's Leyla Santiago and Rosalina Nieves reported from Tijuana. CNN's Catherine E. Shoichet reported from Washington.
