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LIMA, Peru (CMC) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says that seven Haitian migrants have died in the Andean highlands of Peru since the start of this year as their effort.
The United Nations refugee agency said on Saturday (February 4) that seven Haitian migrants died in the Andean highlands of Peru as their efforts to cross into Bolivia were stymied by anti-government protests which have been going on since early December 2022. Speaking to the news agency AFP, Iris Bano Romero, a spokesperson for the refugee agency, said that six deaths, including that of a minor, occurred in Desaguadero town, news agency AFP reported. Romero added the seventh death occurred in the town of Juli.