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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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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KIND Blueprint: Concrete Steps to Protect Unaccompanied Children on the Move

November 2, 2020

KIND’s Blueprint for the protection of unaccompanied children provides guidance on how the U.S. government should uphold its responsibility to treat these children humanely and…

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Family Separation: Two Years Later, the Crisis Continues

July 16, 2020

This report details KIND’s work on behalf of separated children since the end of the zero tolerance policy and highlights the gaps that remain in…

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The Border, Trafficking, and Risks to Unaccompanied Children

November 15, 2019

In the last decade, children and young families have become the face of migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. Tens of thousands of children have made…

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Acuerdos Reparatorios

July 27, 2019

Acuerdos Reparatorios

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The Invisible Wall: Obstacles to Protection along Mexico’s Southern Border

July 26, 2019

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) visited Tapachula, Mexico in February and May of 2019, to learn about the experiences of unaccompanied migrant and refugee…

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Family Separation: One Year Later

June 5, 2019

On May 7, 2018, the Trump Administration announced its “Zero Tolerance Policy,” a brutal and ineffective form of deterrence to families seeking safety, under which…

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Blocked from Safety: Unaccompanied Children along the U.S.-Mexico Border

June 3, 2019

Beginning in December 2018, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) conducted a series of visits to different points along the United States-Mexico border to learn…

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