US likely lost track of 6,000 unaccompanied migrant kids: report

The Trump administration likely lost track of thousands more unaccompanied child migrants than first thought, figures suggest.

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Kids hold up signs during an immigration family separation protest in front of the Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. District Court building. Source: AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

US officials have likely lost track of up to nearly 6,000 unaccompanied migrant children, thousands more than politicians were alerted to in May, according to a new review of federal data.

Trump administration officials last month acknowledged that nearly 1,500 unaccompanied minors reached America's southern border without their parents and were placed with sponsors who may not have stayed in touch with officials. 

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Published 20 June 2018 1:47pm
Source: AFP, SBS

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