The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has called on the administration of US President Donald Trump to stop detaining migrant children.
Felipe González Morales also said Monday that US authorities must conduct a full and independent investigation into the death of Jakelin Caal, a seven-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl who died in US custody.
“Redress to her family should be provided and if any officials are found responsible they should be held accountable,” González Morales, who is a Chilean professor of international law, said in a statement.
“The government should also address failings within the immigration system, and specifically within the US Customs and Border Patrol agency, to prevent similar situations.”
Caal and her father Nery were in a group of more than 160 migrants who handed themselves in to US border agents in the US state of New Mexico on December 6.
Jakelin developed a high fever…