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UN Slams US Separation of Migrant Children From Parents
UN says US policy of separating families to control migration is ‘unlawful'.
The UN Human Rights Office is calling on the administration of US President Donald Trump to halt its policy of separating children from their parents after crossing the US border with Mexico. The UN says the policy of separating families to control migration is ‘unlawful and violates rights of the child’.
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Picture: Children at the border wall between the US and Mexico. Credit: Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez.
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