UN rights chief calls for probe into migrant deaths in US detention centres
- Deaths of immigrants held in US detention centres have surged during Donald Trump’s second term.
- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has called for an independent investigation into the severe uptick in deaths in migrant detention centres during President Donald Trump’s second term in office.
- In a statement on Friday, Turk expressed concern over the lack of transparency over those deaths, at least 19 of which have occurred so far this year, according to US government statistics.
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- Deaths of immigrants held in US detention centres have surged during Donald Trump’s second term.
- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has called for an independent investigation into the severe uptick in deaths in migrant detention centres during President Donald Trump’s second term in office.
- In a statement on Friday, Turk expressed concern over the lack of transparency over those deaths, at least 19 of which have occurred so far this year, according to US government statistics.
Sources: Al Jazeera