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Mexico has made significant progress in combatting arbitrary detention in recent years, but the battle to end the practice is far from over the Human Rights Council-appointed independent panel working on the issue said on Monday.  more
US-Mexico border, ‘world’s deadliest’ overland migration route: IOM

The United States-Mexico border is the world’s deadliest land route for migrants, with at least 686 deaths and disappearances last year, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesda ...

UN refugee agency concerned about situation at Mexico-US border

New York: The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, voiced concern on Tuesday over the situation in Mexico, where refugees and migrants aspiring to get to the United States find themselves in cramped ...

Title 42 deadline: Hundreds of migrants gather outside US border fence

Ciudad Juarez: Several hundred migrants in US custody gathered outside the bollard fencing on the US-Mexico border late on Thursday night as the deadline for Title 42 to expire neared, a ...

UNHCR chief calls for mechanism to deal with ‘unprecedented’ displacement in Mexico and Central America

New York: Lack of opportunities, gangs, organized crime, the ravages of the pandemic and climate change, have triggered the displacement of nearly one million people in Mexico and Central ...

UNHCR warns of unprecedented displacement in Central America and Mexico

New York: Central America and Mexico are facing “unprecedented pressure” as the number of people seeking international protection rises and access to asylum and territory is b ...

UNICEF reports sharp rise in migrant children in Mexico

New York: The number of migrant children reported in Mexico has increased sharply, jumping from 380 to nearly 3,500 since the beginning of the year: a nine-fold rise, the UN Children&rsqu ...

UN agencies begin registering asylum seekers at US-Mexico border

New York: UN  agencies have begun preparing individuals and families at the Matamoros informal camp, near the United States-Mexico border, for entry into the US, following the termin ...

Guterres condemns killing of journalists, following beheading of Mexican crime reporter

New York: Following the gruesome death of a Mexican journalist specializing in crime reporting, who was found beheaded on Wednesday, UN chief António Guterres has issued a statemen ...

US and Mexico child deportations drive extreme violence and trauma: UNICEFN

New York, The many life-threatening dangers faced by children from Central America who are being deported from the United States of America and Mexico, are highlighted in a new report fro ...