More than 10,000 children have been caught trying to cross the US-Mexico border alone in the last two months, a 106 percent hike from last year.

There has also been a surge in the number of apprehensions of family units — legal guardians with children under 18 — according to NBC News, which cited US Border and Customs Protection numbers.

From Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, authorities made 12,505 detentions, a 173 percent hike from last year’s 4,577 apprehensions during the same time period. Last year, 5,129 unaccompanied minors crossed the border in those two months — a number that shot to 10,588 in 2015.

“These children are some of the most vulnerable, and many become victims of violent crime or sexual abuse,” the White House said in a statement in June 2014, when Obama tapped FEMA to lead an effort to address the problem, calling it an “urgent humanitarian situation.”

Department of Homeland Security head Jeh Johnson deployed 150 more Border Patrol agents to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, where the most unaccompanied minors arrive.

The Obama administration also approved a plan to allow kids from Central America to apply for refugee status in the States to dissuade them from embarking on the risky trip across Mexico, according to NBC News.