Humanitarian funds to support migrants in the Americas ‘simply aren’t there,’ UN says
People travel on a freight train, arriving in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, September 28, 2023
HUMANITARIAN funds to support migrants in the Americas “simply aren't there,” says the United Nations.
This comes as the UN refugee agency reported that nearly 200,000 migrants and refugees arrived in southern Europe so far this year.
International Organisation for Migration deputy director of operations Ugochi Daniels said that a larger and co-ordinated regional effort is necessary for a longer-term solution to the steady movement of vulnerable people toward the United States.
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