Child immigration to US causes 'urgent humanitarian situation'
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12:04 19/06/2014
There has been a huge increase in the number of unaccompanied children arriving on the United States border with Mexico. President Obama has declared this 'an urgent humanitarian situation' and has...
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President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme comes into force today (Wednesday 15 th August 2012). The scheme allows some young illegal immigrants to apply for a determination...
