Mexican Arrests of Underage Migrants More than Double in 2019
By Jason Peña on August 1, 2019
Despite recent reports of a drop in illegal migration, Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM) reports that the number of migrant children apprehended in that country has more than doubled this year.
The data, for the period from January through June 2019, shows a 132 percent increase of migrant children taken into custody by Mexico's immigration authorities compared to the same period in 2018. So far this year, roughly 33,122 children and adolescents have been remanded to Mexican immigration authorities, compared to 14,279 during the first half of 2018. Of that figure, 24,597 children/adolescents were accompanied by a family member and 8,525 were unaccompanied when found by law enforcement.
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