US: A Third of Unaccompanied Minors Don’t Have Close Family in U.S., HHS Data Shows (Includes video) (May require subscription)
Newsweek – July 02, 2021
A third of the 5,300 unaccompanied migrant children being housed at emergency shelters don’t have close family in the U.S., according to Health and Human Services data. Advocates for the emergency shelters say the facilities are meant to safely shelter children for a couple of weeks while the U.S. government tries to find relatives in the country.
https://www.newsweek.com/third-unaccompanied-minors-dont-have-close-family-us-hhs-data-shows-1606573