One migrant child dies every day globally in trying to reach safety
The UN migration agency says at least 32,000 migrants globally have died on dangerous journeys in search of better lives since 2014
28 June 2019 - 16:39
London — A migrant child died almost every day over the past four years while trying to reach safety, the UN said on Friday, as a photo of a man and his young daughter who drowned while trying to enter the US sparked global outcry.
The UN migration agency said on Friday that at least 32,000 migrants globally, including 1,600 children, have died on dangerous journeys in search of better lives since it began compiling data on migrant deaths and disappearances in 2014...
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