Inspiring Practices: CO.A.ST - My Coming of Age Story

March 4, 2026

This brief from the CO.A.ST – My Coming of Age Story project highlights innovative practices across Europe that strengthen guardianship and protection systems for unaccompanied…

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Recommendations for Supporting Guardians Assisting Unaccompanied and Separated Children in the Transition to Adulthood

March 4, 2026

A new policy brief from the CO.A.ST – My Coming of Age Story project highlights the urgent need to strengthen guardianship systems for unaccompanied and…

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A Timeline: Tracking How the Second Trump Administration Is Rolling Back Protections for Unaccompanied Children

January 29, 2026

KIND’s new Timeline: How the Second Trump Administration Is Rolling Back Protections for Unaccompanied Children tracks the sweeping policy changes eroding child welfare and anti-trafficking…

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Unlawful Removals of Unaccompanied Children

January 27, 2026

This timeline documents a series of U.S. government actions that unlawfully remove unaccompanied children from the United States, often without due process and in direct…

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Immigration Court Policy Changes Impacting Unaccompanied Children

December 12, 2025

KIND’s “Timeline Tracking How the Second Trump Administration Is Rolling Back Protections for Unaccompanied Children,” catalogues recent and emerging Trump Administration measures that undermine unaccompanied…

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Legal Considerations Around the Application of the Asylum Border Procedure to Unaccompanied Children

December 8, 2025

In this collaborative legal analysis, the International Commission of Jurists, Save the Children, and Kids in Need of Defense raise urgent concerns about the treatment…

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Ensuring the protection of unaccompanied and separated children in the context of return or transfer to “safe third countries”

December 4, 2025

In recent years, several countries have either entered or are seeking to enter into bilateral agreements to transfer asylum seekers to third countries for the…

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KIND Responds to the Threat of Forced Returns

September 16, 2025

Protecting Unaccompanied Children Throughout Their Journey to Safety   As the Trump Administration seeks to carry out the mass, forced return of Guatemalan and Honduran children…

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The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s” Impacts on Unaccompanied Children

July 17, 2025

The recently enacted budget reconciliation bill, referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBB), erodes core safeguards for unaccompanied children, placing this already…

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