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Forced to Flee Central America's Northern Triangle: A neglected humanitarian crisis
Since 2012, Médicins Sans Frontiers (MSF) has been providing medical and mental health care to tens of thousands of migrants and refugees fleeing the extreme violence permeating the Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA) region, which includes the co
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Children on the Move: A crisis in the Northern Triangle, Mexico and USA
In the past two years, there has been a considerable increase in the number of unaccompanied children and adolescents from the Northern Triangle who migrate to the USA, and in the number of migrant families with children, particularly young women with chi
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Adolescents and Youth: A comprehensive approach in Latin America and the Caribbean
Save the Children recognizes adolescents and youth as social actors and agents of change, yet they often face significant rights violations and lack of access to education and other services. Save the Children programming prioritizes the needs of adolesce
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Children on the Move: El Salvador
Save the Children works with children, adolescents, parents, teachers, leaders, and local authorities to build capacity, create local networks and promote laws for violence prevention. Save the Children also partners with the State and Civil Society Organ
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Broken Dreams: Central American children's dangerous journey to the United States
Broken Dreams: Central American children's dangerous journey to the United States shares the obstacles and dangers that children and adolescents face as they journey to the United States. UNICEF reports that in the first six months of 2016, almost 26,000
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Childhood and Migration in Central and North America: Causes, Policies, Practices and Challenges
This book analyzes the conditions for children and adolescents in Central and North America who are affected by migration. Every stage of the process is explored and analyzed, including their countries of origin, during transit, in destination countries,
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Unaccompanied Child Migration to the United States: The Tension between Protection and Prevention
This research report, published by the Migration Policy Institute and written by Marc R. Rosenblum, explains the shifting patterns of Central American migration between 2011 and 2014 while analysing the policy challenges that these increased flows placed
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Central American Learning Circle on Child Rights and Local Development
In December 2014, the Central American Learning Circle on Child Rights and Local Development held its 5th Seminar of Local Stakeholders in Montelimar, Nicaragua, under the slogan “Building strategic alliances to promote child rights”. During the seminar,
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Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes Migrantes Retornados. Un análisis de los contextos y las respuestas de los servicios y las políticas de protección en El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y México
This rapid assessment aims to address the lack of information on policies and services of government agencies and non-governmental organizations responsible for protecting the rights of child and adolescent migrants returning to their countries of origin
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Unaccompanied Alien Children: Demographics in Brief
This publication focuses on the demographics of unaccompanied children who have arrived in the United States from Latin America. Overwhelmingly, the children are coming from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The average age has decreased from 17 in 20