The Democrat-led US House of Representatives has approved $4.5bn (£3.5bn) in humanitarian aid for the southern border, which has seen a surge migrants entering the US from Mexico.

Democrats want the funds to be spent improving conditions at detention centres - following reports of young children held in squalid cells - not on President Donald Trump's long-promised border wall.

The bill, however, faces a tough path through the Republican-controlled Senate, and the White House has indicated Mr Trump would veto the bill in its current form.

Here are seven charts and maps that try to explain what the situation is like at the US-Mexico border and where we are with the wall.

1. Trump hasn't built very much of his wall
Mr Trump has argued a wall is needed to tackle the border issue - the signature promise of his 2016 election campaign.

Before he took office, there were 654 miles (just over 1,000km) of barrier along the southern border - made up of 354 miles of barriers to stop pedestrians and 300 miles of anti-vehicle fencing.
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