Implementation of the Mexican Legal Reforms that Prohibit Detention of Accompanied and Unaccompanied Migrant Children

March 22, 2021

Human rights organizations in Mexico have been advocating for alternatives to detention for migrant children for over 10 years. The impact of immigration detention on…

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As Child Arrivals Rise, Administration Must Seek Sustainable Solutions

March 10, 2021

As the number of unaccompanied children at the border continues to rise, the Biden Administration today took a significant step forward to addressing the flow…

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Briefing Paper and Key Recommendations on making proposed EU measures concerning migrant children at the EU external border more child-centered and child-sensitive

February 23, 2021

The goal of this paper is: to review more closely the issues that arise for children at the EU external borders, to identify challenges which…

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Input to the Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Migrants

February 3, 2021

KIND joined The Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University in Chicago submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of…

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Advancing Protection

January 26, 2021

Today we publish Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) and Child Circle’s new report Advancing Protection for Unaccompanied Children in Europe by Strengthening Legal Assistance.…

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KIND Urges President-Elect Biden to End Unlawful Asylum Cooperation Agreements

December 17, 2020

This week, the Trump Administration finalized an agreement that will force people at the U.S. border asking for asylum to instead seek protection in El…

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Sign-on Letter for Humanitarian Relief to the Central American Countries Devastated by Hurricanes

December 9, 2020

Today, KIND and 28 other organizations sent a letter requesting the State Department, USAID and the Department of Homeland Security provide additional humanitarian relief to…

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Thwarted Potential

November 5, 2020

In the summer of 2014, a dramatic rise in the number of unaccompanied children who were fleeing violence and danger in their home countries, particularly…

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Civil Society Organizations Denounce DHS Border Externalization in Guatemala, Call for Immediate Investigation

October 22, 2020

The undersigned civil society organizations denounce the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) border externalization operations in Guatemala as documented by a new Senate Foreign Relations…

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