In the past five years there has been a large increase in the number of unaccompanied minors encountered along the U.S.- Mexico border. The spike in numbers caught international media attention and quickly became a topic of political, economic and social debate. In 2015, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol released statistics on the unaccompanied child migrants.
In the past five years there has been a large increase in the number of unaccompanied minors encountered along the U.S.- Mexico border. The spike in numbers caught international media attention and quickly became a topic of political, economic and social debate. In 2015 the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol released statistics on the unaccompanied child migrants.
This info-graphic illustrates the unaccompanied migrant children encounters by country, from 2009 through 2014.
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