More than 800 asylum seekers forced to 'Remain in Mexico' have faced violence as policy reaches one-year anniversary

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Families are sending children across the border alone in the hope they will be allowed into the U.S. as unaccompanied minors and spared the danger of Mexican border towns.

It has been one year since the Trump administration formally rolled out its Migrant Protection Protocols , or, as the widely condemned policy has come to be known, its"Remain in Mexico" rule.

The danger that asylum seekers and migrants are in is clear, Human Rights First says, with the agency having already tracked at least 816 public reports of instances of violence, including"murder, torture, rape, kidnapping and other violent attacks." "Some families have started to make the choice to let their children cross because unaccompanied minors will be let into the country, so it's formed this new type of family separation," DeLuca, who recently visited Matamoros to provide medical care to asylum seekers, told."Families will send their kids across because they're weighing the danger that their kids are in now versus the risk of being separated from their families.

"It's just an incredibly difficult situation for these families," DeLuca added."I think each family is trying to do what they can to protect their children and sometimes they end up making that choice that comes with a lot of risks and potential harm as well. That's a very upsetting thing to see happening.

Human Rights First has been one of many groups to repeatedly warn that the Trump administration is endangering lives by forcing migrants and asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their claims in the U.S. are processed.

 

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