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US must stop separating migrant children from parents: UN

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AFP Geneva

The United Nations today urged Washington to immediately halt its controversial practice of separating asylum-seeking Central American immigrant children from their parents at the southern border.

"The US should immediately halt this practice," Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for the UN rights office told reporters, warning that the separation of families and the effective detention of children was "a serious violation of the rights of the child.

 

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First Published: Jun 05 2018 | 3:26 PM IST

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