Separated Families
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Biden to start reuniting some families separated at U.S.-Mexico borderThe Biden administration said Monday that four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trump’s presidency will be reunited in the United States this week.WorldMay 3, 2021
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Extended border closure means another month apart for some couples"I think the uncertainty is the worst part for a lot of people."CanadaJul 17, 2020
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Trump admin wants 2 years to reunite migrant children with their familiesThe Trump administration wants up to two years to find potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the border before a judge halted the practice last year.WorldApr 6, 2019
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Judge may order Trump admin to reunite more migrant families separated at Mexico borderA federal court judge in California has expanded the number of migrant families separated at the border that the government may be required to reunite.WorldMar 9, 2019
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Reports of child sex abuse raise pressure on Trump admin to reunite migrant familiesThe government of El Salvador said three youngsters, ages 12 to 17, were victimized at shelters in Arizona, and it asked the U.S. to make their return a priority.WorldAug 31, 2018
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Immigrant fathers detained in Texas go on hunger strike to demand release: rights groupA group of immigrant fathers, recently reunified with their sons and detained in Texas, have gone on hunger strike to demand their release, an immigrant rights group representing them said on Thursday.WorldAug 2, 2018
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Trump administration yet to reunite as many as 680 migrant kids despite court-imposed deadlineThe efforts are expected to fall short, partly because hundreds of parents may have already been deported without their children.WorldJul 26, 2018
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North Korea threatens to cancel family reunions over women ‘kidnapped’ by SouthNorth Korea says an August reunion of Korean families separated by war may not happen if South Korea doesn’t immediately return 12 women who arrived in the South in recent years.PoliticsJul 20, 2018
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Six-year-old girl heard sobbing in U.S. migrant detention centre reunited with motherSix-year-old Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid was reunited with her mother after a separation of just over one month.WorldJul 13, 2018
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Mother forced to choose: Leave daughter in Canada or take her to Sudan where she faces genital mutilationThe mother of a 9-year-old refugee at risk of genital mutilation in Sudan feels as if her "heart is broken" at the thought Canada could separate her from her family.CanadaJul 12, 2018
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