Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

6 Books to Help Kids Understand Refugees (Amnesty International Australia, April 2025) [text]

"An Agency Tasked with Protecting Immigrant Children is Becoming an Enforcement Arm, Current and Former Staffers Say," ProPublica/The Texas Tribune, 14 May 2025 [text]

- See also related Guardian article.

Disappearance of migrant children in the EU (EPRS, May 2025) [text]

"Door knocks and DNA tests: How the Trump administration plans to keep tabs on 450,000 migrant kids," AP News, 5 May 2025 [text]

Family Separation in Their Own Words: How Ending Legal Services is Another Step Toward Separating Families Again (Women's Refugee Commission, April 2025) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Reports: 

Accessibility of Protection Systems for Children in the Context of Migration in South-east Asia (IOM, 2025) [text]

Global Impact of Funding Cuts on Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Contexts (Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, April 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Practical Guide on Family Tracing (EU Agency for Asylum, April 2025) 

- Part 1: Principles and practices on family tracing in the EU+ and third countries

- Part 2: Tracing and identifying family members under the asylum and migration management regulation

Unaccompanied Children: Risks and violence along the migration route through Mexico (Plan International & Save the Children, May 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (30 April 2025)