President Trump came under pressure to improve conditions at the American border with Mexico as the Pope and the UN refugee agency voiced outrage over a photograph of a father and his 23-month-old daughter who drowned trying to cross into the US. Mr Trump has vowed to halt migration from Central America but the tighter border policy may be leading immigrants to take more risks such as swimming across the Rio Grande. Fifty people drowned last year. Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez tried to cross with his daughter Valeria on Sunday because he was said to be frustrated that his family, from El Salvador, were unable to request asylum. Refugee groups say that some of the 50 official border crossing points turn away asylum seekers, in…

Source: The Times June 26, 2019 16:07 UTC