Touching: Dad only got chance to see daughter again after she tried to kill herself - due to asylum rejection

A heartbroken Honduran father has released photos of the moment he was finally reunited with his teenage daughter in the US - after she hanged herself over rejected asylum claims.

According to foreign media, 13-year-old Heydi Gámez García became depressed over President Donald Trump's anti-immigration drive, which kept her separated from her father Manuel Gámez for four years.

He had been living in the US as an undocumented immigrant until June 2014, when he was forced to return home to El Progreso, Honduras, after his father's murder.

When Manuel's mother died of diabetes the following year, he made the decision to send Heydim to live with relatives in Long Island, New York, as he considered his homeland too dangerous.

She was granted asylum in June 2016 and granted permanent residency, but when Manuel twice tried to cross the border to join her, he was arrested and sent back home.

Heydi was so desperate to see him again that she started teaching him English through video calls.

Her father promised to try again to get back to her after her 13th birthday in March.

So Manuel managed to do just that, but, just like every time before, his path to Heyd was blocked and he was again taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.

"It was difficult to leave her," he was quoted as saying. "As a father you always want to be with your children. I was hoping to be with him."

While staying in a cell in Texas, Manuel received the devastating news that Heydi was found hanging in her bedroom by a telephone cable shortly after midnight on July 3.

She was rushed to hospital, but doctors declared her brain dead a week later.

And last week, on July 13, Manuel was given special permission to travel in his daughter's bed. /Telegraph/