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US turning to UN over flow of Central American migrants
Source: BBC
US turning to UN over flow of Central American migrants
13 January 2016 US & Canada
The US is looking to the United Nations for help in dealing with thousands of migrants fleeing to the US to escape violence in Central America.
The hope is that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will set up processing centres for people to apply for resettlement in the region.
The centres would be located in several Central American countries.
Over 68,000 unaccompanied children were apprehended by US immigration authorities in 2014.
Violence and endemic poverty in several Central American countries have been driving migrants north to the US.
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13 January 2016 US & Canada
The US is looking to the United Nations for help in dealing with thousands of migrants fleeing to the US to escape violence in Central America.
The hope is that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will set up processing centres for people to apply for resettlement in the region.
The centres would be located in several Central American countries.
Over 68,000 unaccompanied children were apprehended by US immigration authorities in 2014.
Violence and endemic poverty in several Central American countries have been driving migrants north to the US.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35306473
