In the United States, refugee families are being reunited following the release of children from immigration detention centres near the Mexico border.

A U.S.government lawyer has announced at least 54 children will be returned to their parents by the court-ordered deadline of Tuesday evening.

The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) has collected over $20 million USD in fundraising money donated on Facebook to be directed towards the immigration bonds of more than two thousand children who remain in shelters.