Dozens of migrants killed in fire at Mexican detention centre

Dozens of migrants killed in fire at Mexican detention centre
Emergency services were sent to the immigration centre in Ciudad Juarez (AP)

A fire in a dormitory at a Mexican immigration detention centre near the US border has left more than three dozen migrants dead.

Hours after the fire broke out late on Monday, rows of bodies were laid out under silver sheets outside the facility in Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.

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