COVID-19: Dangers mount for migrant children forcibly returned to northern Central America and Mexico during pandemic
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▻https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/covid-19-dangers-mount-migrant-children-forcibly-returned-northern-central-a
NEW YORK, 21 May 2020 – Since early March, at least 1,000 unaccompanied migrant children have been returned from the United States to Mexico and northern Central America – El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – despite serious protection risks in their communities of origin aggravated by COVID-19, UNICEF reported today. Over the same period, at least 447 migrant children were returned from Mexico to Guatemala and Honduras.