Children in need: US faith groups say more foster families are needed to care for the children coming to the US alone
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on how migrant children who arrived alone in the US are being cared for – and the need for more foster families…
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 […]
Essay: This is what happens to child migrants found alone at the border, from the moment they cross into the US until age 18
As the US continues to grapple with a crisis on its southern border, RANDI MANDELBAUM, a professor of law at Rutgers University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what happens when an unaccompanied child arrives…
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 […]
US reunites only seven immigrant children with parents since February
Los Angeles, USReuters An effort by US President Joe Biden to reunite migrant families separated by the previous administration is moving slowly, with only seven children reunited with parents by a task force launched in February, according to a US Department of Homeland Security report released on Tuesday. Another 29 families are set to be […]
Faith leaders concerned about Southern California temporary shelters for migrant children
Los Angeles, USRNS Faith leaders say they are concerned about new temporary shelters that have been set up at Southern California event centres to house unaccompanied migrant children. As of last Tuesday (26th April), more than 300 children were being housed in an emergency shelter at the Long Beach Convention Center in Los Angeles County. […]
Unaccompanied children: US faith-based agencies invite volunteers, donations as they care for young people at southern border
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, report on the work of faith-based agencies responding to the crisis on the southern US border…
Lone Ethiopian child refugees seen at risk of exploitation in Sudan
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation Dozens of children are still waiting to be reunited with their families after crossing into Sudan alone to flee conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, aid agencies said, warning that they could be at risk of abuse, trafficking and child labour. More than 58,000 Ethiopian refugees have crossed into Sudan – […]
ESSAY: WHEN UNACCOMPANIED YOUNG ASYLUM SEEKERS TURN 18 IN THE UK, MANY FACE AN IMMIGRATION CLIFF EDGE
Social work lecturer KELLY DEVENNEY, in an article first published on The Conversation, writes about what happens to young asylum seekers after they turn 18 in the UK context…
Lack of papers endangers Venezuelan children in Brazil
Thomson Reuters Foundation Fleeing poverty and hunger, at least 1,000 Venezuelan children arrived at Brazil’s main entry point unaccompanied by parents or without proper documents in the last five months, according to a report obtained by Thomson Reuters Foundation on Tuesday. Some 52 per cent of those who arrived at the border city of Paracaima, […]