# UN rights chief urges accountability after 23 die in US immigration custody in 2026

https://mins.news/en/item/48221

- euronews, 2026-09-07 10:24 UTC
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- Original: http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/07/un-rights-chief-urges-accountability-after-23-die-in-us-immigration-custody-in-2026

> The UN rights chief has called for accountability after 23 people died in US immigration custody in 2026. A June joint report by Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights said deaths in ICE custody had reached their highest rate in more than a decade amid the Trump administration’s crackdown.

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