10,000 Mexican minors caught at US border in 2 months
More than 10,000 unaccompanied minors have been apprehended at the US border while trying to enter the country from Mexico in a course of two months.
US Border and Customs Protection reported a 106 percent rise compared to the same period -- from October 1 to November 30 –last year.
The figure stood at 10,588 while 5,129 children were arrested last year.
"We continue to aggressively work to secure our borders, address underlying causes and deter future increases in unauthorized migration, while ensuring that those with legitimate humanitarian claims are afforded the opportunity to seek protection," the border service said in a statement.
Rights organizations argue that the children’s crossings are part of plans by human trafficking networks.
According to DC-based NGO Kids in Need of Defense, smugglers have been adapting themselves to measures by US authorities to tackle the flow of the refugees.
"The smugglers have adjusted their routes and they're working around those border control points that the Mexicans have put in place, finding new routes," the organization’s president, Wendy Young, told NBC News.
According to a study published by the Pew Research Center in November, more Mexican immigrants have returned to Mexico from the US than have migrated to the country since the end of the Great Recession.
More than 1 million Mexicans and their families have left the US between 2009 and 2014, while 870,000 Mexicans have entered the country, the study showed.
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