A sub-Saharan immigrant who arrived on the night busf ollows volunteers to spend the night at the Red Cross shelter in the city. Irun (Basque Country). December 19, 2018. Every night a group of volunteers of the host network goes to the bus station to welcome newcommer migrants and to brimg them to the the Red Cross shelter. Next morning, they inform them about the public services they are entitled to and the ways they could use to cross the border. This group of volunteers is avoiding a serious humanitarian problem Irun, the Basque municipality on the border with Hendaye. As the number of migrants arriving on the coasts of southern Basque Country increased, more and more migrants are heading north to the border city of Irun to try to cross the border with France and continue on their way. French authorities have reacted by placing police controls at all borders and causing many migrants to seek alternative route and methods to cross the border and to continue their journey to other European countries. . (Gari Garaialde / Bostok Photo).