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This Call to Action outlines some of the impacts of both displacement and COVID-19 that are threatening the positive development of many young children around the world. It calls for governments and donors honor existing commitments, ensure inclusion of young children and families in public systems and take FIVE immediate actions to increase investments in:
- Food supplements, health care access, cash assistance & other social protection measures
- Emergency early learning programs
- Remote and ongoing mental health and child protection…
This article from the World Economic Forum describes the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on children in immigration detention in the United States. It calls on the US government to take the following six immediate actions to stop the violence against migrant children and families and to protect them from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
1. The current administration must immediately release all migrants, including children and families, detained in US custody to safe and sanitary housing.
2. Children and family members who are released…
This report from Amnesty International outlines the "reckless response" of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the COVID-19 crisis, which threatens public health, and calls for the release of immigration detainees, including children as young as one year old.
The undersigned organizations of this Call to Action jointly call on the governments of European Union (EU) Member States to immediately commit to the emergency relocation of unaccompanied children from the Greek islands to other European countries, giving precedence to existing family links and the best interests of the child. Action is all the more urgent in light of the escalating violence on Lesbos and as increased arrivals to the islands could lead to further deterioration of the dangerous conditions in the camps.
Abstract
In the decade leading up to 2012, approximately 8,000 Unaccompanied Minors (UAM) arrived annually at the Southwestern border of the United States. Since then, the number of arrivals has drastically increased, surpassing 14,000 between October 1, 2017 and January 31, 2018 alone. The needs of UAM concerning mental health, education, social, and legal counseling often differ from the needs of other Latinx and immigrant populations. However, recent instability in the protections and services tailored to UAM are channeling these youth and their families into mainstream agencies. This…
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (The Alliance) is an interagency coalition of nearly 100 member organizations that work together to protect children facing adversity. The Better Care Network (BCN) is an international network of organizations committed to supporting children without adequate family care. To reduce the impact of family separation on children, we are calling for the prompt reunification…
CCAI’s Foster Youth Internship Program® is a highly esteemed congressional internship for young adults who spent their formative years in the U.S. foster care system. In their annual policy report, the interns focus on subjects they are personally passionate about due to their experiences and understanding after living in foster care and make personal recommendations for improving the U.S. foster care system. This report is presented at both congressional and White House briefings. This publication includes policy reports on sibling connections, supporting foster parents, placement…
In this Call to Action, UNICEF, UNHCR, IOM, Eurostat and OECD show how crucial data are to understanding the patterns of global migration and developing policies to support vulnerable groups like children. The Call to Action confirms alarming holes in the availability, reliability, timeliness and accessibility of data and evidence that are essential for understanding how migration and forcible displacement affect children and their families.
"As Member States work towards the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees," says the Call to Action…
In an effort to understand the situation of unaccompanied minors crossing the Unites States border and the exponential rise in the flight of children from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala which began in 2012, the International Rescue Committee has published this report from a field visit to Texas and Arizona. The report finds that messages from the Obama Administration and members of Congress has misled many to believe the situation to be a “border crisis” precipitated by “illegal immigration,” despite mounting evidence that the majority of the young children crossing the border might well…
This report from Save the Children examines the experiences of “children on the move,” the types of supports they need, and how protection systems can be adapted to meet those needs. The report proposes a new framework of protection and assistance to ensure the wellbeing of these children. In the case of this report, “children on the move” refers to children who migrate, with or without their parents or families, to other countries or within their countries, often due to “economic developments, violent conflict, state failure, natural disasters, and environmental and resource pressures,…