| UN Refugee Chief Reports ’Fear Is Driving Central Americans North to U.S. Border’ UN Refugee Agency | |
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UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi visited one of Honduras’s most dangerous communities last week, meeting with community activists, faith leaders and charity workers dealing first-hand with the violence that has spawned a regional migration crisis.
In a 10-day visit that took in Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica, the UN refugee chief drew the spotlight on the people forcibly displaced and part of a “mixed migration” out of Central America, and on the need for regional efforts to help them.
Related: Mexico to Become a Receiving Country: UN (El Universal)
Related: Hunger, Not Crime, Drives Central Americans to US-Mexico Border, Report Finds (McClatchyDC)
Related: Human Rights Group Says Mexico Not Safe for Asylum Seekers (PoliZette)
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