refugees

Over half a million Spanish citizens had to flee their homeland due to the Civil War

In 1937, nearly 500 children were evacuated from Spain during the Spanish Civil War

For decades, Mexico welcomed Spanish, Chilean, Argentinian, and Uruguayan refugees

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Those who aren't holders of a Mexican visa or are not asylum seekers will be deported

“The meeting is a major step toward drafting the Global Compact for Migration, a landmark intergovernmental agreement that will cover all dimensions of international migration”

“Far too often, children are held in detention centres, separated from family members, deprived of education, forced to work in hazardous jobs, married off as children or pushed into the arms of smugglers or traffickers”

The Mexico office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees believes the country could receive 20.000 requests by year's end

Like African migrants making the treacherous passage to Europe across the Mediterranean Sea where thousands die each year, the journey through Latin America is also perilous.

“If I go back to my country, I'll be killed,” said Max, an Honduran migrant who received death threats from members of Mara Salvatrucha after refusing to join their gang and sell drugs.