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US boosts aid to Central America to cope with migrants US boosts aid to Central America to cope with migrants
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The United States is boosting aid and speeding up deportations to cope with the growing number of migrants from Central America.The United States is boosting aid and speeding up deportations to cope with the growing number of migrants from Central America.
Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras will all receive millions of dollars to combat gang violence.Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras will all receive millions of dollars to combat gang violence.
The money will also be used to help citizens repatriated from the United States. The money will also be used to help citizens repatriated from the US
The White House said it would also enhance the removal of illegal migrants from the country. The White House said it would also step-up the removal of illegal migrants from the country and open additional detention centres.
But, in a statement, it added it would protect the rights of those seeking asylum.But, in a statement, it added it would protect the rights of those seeking asylum.
The number of migrants from Central America to the United States has doubled from last year. Many of them are unaccompanied children. From October 2013 to 15 June, 52,000 unaccompanied children arrived on the US border with Mexico, according to the US Homeland Security department.
The Obama administration pledged $93m (£54m) in new programmes to reduce violence in the region. The agency is looking for more facilities to house the minors and has said it will bring more immigration lawyers to the border to deal with the influx.
It is believed that criminal violence is responsible for the surge of Central American migrants. It is believed that criminal violence is responsible for the surge of Central American migrants, especially from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
But the US has also begun a public-relations campaign to clarify a recent policy change that stopped deportations of people who had previously arrived in the US illegally as children.
"All who enter the United States without proper immigration status are subject to deportation proceedings," US Ambassador to Mexico Anthony Wayne said on Thursday.
"Simply put, there is no reward for the great risk to which these children are being subjected."
Cecilia Munoz, the White House domestic policy director, said in a conference call that the US is trying to "deal with the misinformation that is being deliberately planted by criminal organisations, by smuggling networks, about what people can expect when they come to the United States".
On Friday, the Obama administration also announced $93m (£54m) in new programmes to reduce violence in the region.
The funding includes $40m to reduce gang membership in Guatemala, $25m to build youth outreach centres in El Salvador and $18.5m to build youth outreach centres in Honduras.The funding includes $40m to reduce gang membership in Guatemala, $25m to build youth outreach centres in El Salvador and $18.5m to build youth outreach centres in Honduras.
US Vice President Joe Biden is expected to discuss details of the proposals during his meeting in Guatemala with the country's President Otto Perez Molina, Salvadoran President Salvador Sanchez and senior officials from Honduras and Mexico. US Vice-President Joe Biden arrived in Guatemala on Friday to discuss the proposals with the country's President Otto Perez Molina, Salvadoran President Salvador Sanchez and senior officials from Honduras and Mexico.
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama described the growing influx of unaccompanied children migrating to the United States as an "urgent humanitarian situation".Earlier this month, President Barack Obama described the growing influx of unaccompanied children migrating to the United States as an "urgent humanitarian situation".
Latest estimates say as many as 60,000 children will enter the US illegally this year. In the US, the children hope to reunite with a parent or other relatives.
The White House asked Congress for an extra $1.4bn to cope with the situation.The White House asked Congress for an extra $1.4bn to cope with the situation.