Unaccompanied Child Migration

Among the solutions was the United Nations recommendation that there be an alternative to detention centers established for this population, and only as a last resort should a child be held there. Due to a lack of protection for children, it was also proposed that children be placed with a guardian. The guardian would be appointed by an independent organization created for that purpose. One of the reasons this was stipulated was that children without a familial unit, are increasingly vulnerable (“The International Protection”). In the context of migrant children specifically, this vulnerability is exacerbated by the fact that these children are simply children and do not possess the cognoscente ability to care for themselves or make an educated …show more content…
Many of the children are seeking to come into the United States to run from the push factors in their home countries. These factors often include deplorable violence and poverty stricken living conditions, both of which violate the democratic and humanitarian ideas of the quality of life that a person is entitled to. Unaccompanied child migrant poses an economic difficulty for the United States due to the increased costs of time, labor, and resources needed in increasing a country’s …show more content…
It helps children who qualify get safe passage into the U.S. Aside from being a refugee or an asylee, there are other predominant qualifications. Children must be from El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras and currently reside there (“In-Country Refugee”). This illustrates a larger level of effort in helping children in the Northern Triangle countries. Politically, Mexico is in a different level of global and governmental development than the other countries. While there is violence and crime that threaten these children, the political realities of Northern Triangle countries are more extreme. The Salvadoran Civil War ended recently, in the last few decades. The country is dangerous due to the culture left of the Civil War, one of the military committing human rights violations, violence perpetuated by guerilla fighters, and the nature of having an authoritarian and policed state (“El Salvador: Despite”). According to the Walter LaFeber, “the "main girder in the bridge" for a U.S. foreign policy obsessed with stopping the spread of the Soviet sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere” (“Honduras: the Perils”). Honduras was not subject to a recent Civil War; however, the country was under a “military regime” until 1982 (“Honduras: the Perils”). As a weak state recovering from a Civil War in the last few decades, Guatemala is plagued by violence and natural disasters. One