Central Americans fleeing due to hunger, food insecurity: Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris says US plans to provide aid for agriculture, disaster relief in bid to stem migration.

United States Vice President Kamala Harris has repeated the Biden administration’s pledge to address the “root causes” of migration from Central America, saying that families are leaving the region due to widespread hunger. In an interview with CNN programme State of the Union on Sunday morning, Harris said most people do not want to leave their home countries but have little hope that things will improve amid economic and humanitarian crises. “We have to give people some sense of hope, that if they stay that help is on the way,” Harris said.