The Central American Minors (CAM) Program Infographic

March 4, 2021

The Central American Minors (CAM) program helped prevent the need for children in danger to embark on a perilous migration journey to reunite with their…

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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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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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Joint Statement on EU Migration and Asylum Pact

September 30, 2020

The EU Migration and Asylum Pact, published September 23 by the European Commission, aims to offer new momentum to negotiations between EU Member States on migration…

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Trapped and Targeted: Gender-based violence against children at the U.S.-Mexico Border

September 9, 2020

Many of the children fleeing their countries to seek safety in the United States are escaping severe forms of gender-based violence (GBV), including violence by…

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Expulsions at the U.S.-MX Border: Sending Children Back to Danger

July 13, 2020

Since March, thousands of unaccompanied children, and tens of thousands more asylum seekers, have been expelled from the border, denying them any opportunity to seek…

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