Educational opportunities: Pastor-led shelters bring schooling options to migrant kids
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on how pastor-run shelters have partnered with educators to help ensure migrant children in Mexico have access to education…
UNICEF warns of malnutrition and disease risk for migrant children in Mexican camp
Mexico CityReuters Thousands of migrant children and adolescents living in a makeshift camp in southern Mexico are at risk of malnutrition, disease and potentially being separated from their families, the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Wednesday. Camping outside a soccer stadium in the southern city of Tapachula, thousands of migrants including many children are […]
Thousands of migrant kids stuck in US border patrol custody, again
Roma, TexasReuters The number of migrant children in Border Patrol facilities has been steadily rising, an analysis of US Government data shows, as record numbers crossed the US-Mexico border in July, renewing a politically sensitive issue for President Joe Biden. On 1st August there were more than 2,200 unaccompanied children in US Customs and Border […]
Migrant children report overcrowding, spoiled food, depression in US shelters
Updated: 2.50pm (AEST)Washington DC, USReuters Migrant children sent to emergency shelters within the United States reported crowded living conditions, spoiled food, lack of clean clothes and struggles with depression, according to 17 testimonials filed in a court case on Monday. The children, aged nine to 17 and largely from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, in […]