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U.N. Human Rights Chief appalled by migrant conditions in the U.S

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U.N. Human Rights Chief appalled by migrant conditions in the U.S

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is appalled at the conditions in which the United States is keeping detained migrants and refugees, including children, her office said in a statement on Monday.

The human rights chief expressed deep shock over children that were forced to sleep on the floor in overcrowded facilities, without access to adequate healthcare or food, and with poor sanitation conditions.

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However, U.S. President Donald Trump has made a hardline immigration stance a key issue of his presidency and 2020 re-election bid.

Aljazeera reported that Democratic lawmakers and civil rights activists had visited migrant detention centres along the U.S.-Mexican border describing nightmarish conditions marked by overcrowding and inadequate access to food, water and other basic needs.

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