Unaccompanied minors news, research and analysis - the conversation

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January 29, 2024 Rachel Hoare, _Trinity College Dublin_ Your child may have classmates who have experienced potentially traumatic events fleeing their home country. June 12, 2023 Elizabeth A


Faulkner, _Keele University_ Provisions related to detention of children and protections for trafficking victims are the subject of ongoing debate. July 23, 2021 Randi Mandelbaum, _Rutgers


University - Newark_ A record 95,079 child migrants had arrived alone at the US’s southern border by July this year. The US is legally responsible for these children, but it is struggling to


give them adequate care. July 13, 2021 Daniel Braaten, _Texas Lutheran University_ and Claire Nolasco Braaten, _Texas A&M University-San Antonio_ Immigration judges must base their


decisions to grant asylum to immigrant children on whether these children have realistic fears of persecution. But other factors influence those decisions. April 2, 2021 Randi Mandelbaum,


_Rutgers University - Newark_ Children and families have been fleeing to the US in rising numbers for nearly a decade. So why is the current situation at the US-Mexico border being viewed as


something new? April 2, 2021 Ediberto Román, _Florida International University_ Unaccompanied minors pose a humanitarian challenge for Biden, as they did for Trump and Obama. There are no


quick fixes to child migration and many vexing complications, says an immigration scholar. October 11, 2019 Annamaria Neag, _Bournemouth University_ and Richard Berger, _Bournemouth


University_ But out-of-date kit, lack of access to digital technologies and expensive mobile broadband packages can all act as barriers to being able to operate successfully in the digital


world. February 6, 2019 Kelly Devenney, _University of York_ Some young people are taken to immigration detention as they approach their 18th birthday. October 25, 2018 Karen Jacobsen,


_Tufts University_ More than two-thirds of Central American migrants will experience violence on their journey through Mexico, from robbery and extortion to rape. Caravans create safety in


numbers. June 19, 2018 Catesby Holmes, _The Conversation_ Trump hopes migrants won’t come if they know their children will be taken away. That grim logic ignores the inescapable dangers that


drive thousands of Central Americans to flee their homes each year. June 8, 2018 Stephanie L. Canizales, _Texas A&M University_ Interviews with hundreds of unaccompanied minors in Los


Angeles reveal that relationships with US sponsors can be complicated. May 31, 2018 Elizabeth A. DiGangi, _Binghamton University, State University of New York_ If an undocumented migrant is


a minor or an adult can have far-reaching implications. A forensic anthropologist explains why relying solely on dental X-rays to determine age doesn’t work. March 6, 2018 Danielle Douez,


_The Conversation_ Scholars have you covered on all sides of the ‘Dreamers’ issue, with solid research to boot. February 15, 2018 Danielle Douez, _The Conversation_ Scholars have you covered


on all sides of the ‘Dreamers’ issue, with solid research to boot. November 2, 2017 Brenda Todd, _City St George's, University of London_ Young people need help to overcome


discrimination, stigmatisation and isolation. June 29, 2017 Lorena Gazzotti, _University of Cambridge_ Germany’s plan to build reception centres in Morocco to repatriate unaccompanied minors


is similar to a controversial Spanish plan from the mid 2000s. April 6, 2017 Jonathan Hiskey, _Vanderbilt University_ Despite Trump’s rhetoric, Mexicans are no longer crossing the border in


massive numbers. Data show a new group of migrants is arriving, and for very different reasons. March 28, 2017 Carmen Monico, _Elon University_ Young people from Central America continue to


cross the U.S. border. Can programs funded by humanitarian assistance targeting root causes of migration help? March 14, 2017 Stephanie L. Canizales, _USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts


and Sciences_ Many children who cross the U.S. Mexico border illegally remain undetected and must fend for themselves on the other side. March 10, 2017 Rachel Pistol, _University of Exeter_


There were mixed reactions to refugees from the Spanish Civil War and the Nazis by the British press.