A migrant shelter in El Chaparral, Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico where the number of children has increased dramatically. PANAMA CITY: The number of migrant children trying to reach the United States from Mexico has increased ninefold since the beginning of the year, UNICEF said on Monday .
"Most of the shelters I visited in Mexico are already overpopulated and cannot accommodate the growing number of children, adolescents and families migrating northwards," added Gough, following a five-day visit to the border. Mostly coming from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico, minors make up 30 per cent of total migrants - the highest such figure ever registered for children.UNICEF said people traffickers"shamelessly exploit" the desperation of families looking to escape gang and domestic violence, poverty, the effects of climate change and unemployment brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
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