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An emerging literature explores the experiences of Central American unaccompanied youth en route to the US border and a growing number of studies examine what happens once they arrive. However, we know less about their pre-migration context or the effectiveness of in-country youth development programs thought to deter them from migrating. We address this gap by drawing on survey data gathered from young people in El Salvador who participate in Youth Outreach Centers (n = 445). These Centers are local community-based entities that provide youth services in precarious neighborhoods…
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The number of youth who migrate alone to the United States is growing at an alarming rate, with the highest number of minors arriving in 2016 in the past decade. Unaccompanied minors (UMs) are separate from the refugee process and continue to arrive, despite the government’s allocation of refugees into the United States. The majority of youth crosses the border from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, and many experience physical, sexual, and emotional abuse during migration. Knowledge on the traumas that this hidden, although expanding, group of youth experience, as well as…
Abstract
The summer of 2014 saw an unprecedented increase in the number of children from Central America immigrating into the USA. This paper examines these events by setting the context of immigration across the USA–Mexico border, reviewing the extent and causes of the influx in immigration, and detailing the political, legal, and social work responses to the child migrants. This article contributes implications for rights-based practice with child migrants.