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Risking all to escape Central America's killer street gangs
6 Jul 2016 Persecuted by the maras, Salvadorans, Hondurans and Guatemalans turn to smugglers to escape Central America's worst refugee crisis since the 1980s. -
Blind Salvadoran couple play dead to flee gang threat
29 Jun 2016 Sightless couple hounded relentlessly by street gangs are spirited out of their home on stretchers covered by a shroud in a bid to safeguard their escape. -
Ada's Story - Fleeing Central America
14 May 2016 -
UNHCR calls for urgent action as Central America asylum claims soar
5 Apr 2016 -
Action urgently needed as Central America asylum claims soar
5 Apr 2016 Action urgently needed as Central America asylum claims soar -
Stabbed 58 times, transgender woman flees El Salvador
8 Dec 2015 Neila is among a growing number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people from Central America seeking asylum in Mexico. -
UNHCR warns of looming refugee crisis as women flee Central America and Mexico
28 Oct 2015 -
UNHCR warns of "looming refugee crisis" in the Americas
28 Oct 2015 A new report flags a growing crisis as thousands of women from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico are driven from their homes by unchecked gang violence -
Fleeing gangs, Salvadoran tailors make new life in Mexico
23 Oct 2015 Threatened by murderous "mara" street gangs, family of five from San Salvador joined thousands from their Central American homeland seeking refuge in neighboring Mexico