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US holding unaccompanied migrant children in 'alarming conditions'

Rampant disease and reports of sexual abuse uncovered by BBC investigation

Rampant disease and allegations of sexual abuse were uncovered at a camp in El Paso, Texas, during a BBC investigation. More than 2,000 teenaged children at the camp who crossed the US-Mexico border alone are waiting to be reunified with family in the US.

Also in the programme: The pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily announces it will close; and how a drought in Madagascar is leaving hundreds of thousands of people short of food.

Photo: A US border detention camp in El Paso, Texas. Credit: BBC

50 minutes

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  • Wed 23 Jun 202113:06GMT

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