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05 December 2024

Number of unaccompanied and separated children migrating in Latin America and the Caribbean hits record high

PANAMA CITY, 5 December 2024.- The number of unaccompanied and separated children migrating across several points in Latin America and the Caribbean has reached record levels according to UNICEF estimates. From January to November 2024, nearly 4,500 unaccompanied and separated children have made the perilous journ...

26 November 2024

Mixed Movements Monitoring Report

The Mixed Movements Monitoring is an interagency initiative by UNHCR, WFP and UNICEF aimed at gathering evidence on the dynamics of mixed movements in Central America and Mexico.

09 October 2024

Guidelines for transitory care of children, adolescents and families in human mobility contexts

This Guide, developed collaboratively by RELAF and the UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, is designed for shelters that provide transitory care services to children and adolescents in the context of mobility in the region (both accompanied and unaccompanied or separated).

09 October 2024

Guidelines for providing care and support to LGBTQI+ adolescents who have experienced GBV

In 2020, UNICEF and HIAS developed a Remote Psychosocial Support Model for refugee and migrant girls and adolescents who have survived gender-based violence (GBV). This Model aims to establish principles and processes to provide psychological and social support to these girls and adolescents. Following its impleme...

04 October 2024

Access to and use of civil registration by migrants and refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean

Legal identity provides a person with recognition before the law, and without this access, other rights, such as education and health, is hindered. For people in human mobility processes, either because they lack documents in their countries of origin, or because they have lost them during their journey, or becau...

27 September 2024

Child-Friendly Safe Spaces for migrant children and adolescents

The Cedrón family is comprised of 15 members, ten children and five adults. Among the adults, Lincon (43) is disabled and communicates exclusively using sign language. Together the Cedrón grandparents, mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, cousins, infants, children, and adolescents, range in age from just 10 months o...

10 September 2024

Migrant children should not be separated from their families

PANAMA CITY, 10 September 2024.- Children now represent one in four migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean, and, just like all children, they have the right to be protected and to be with their families. Families on the move in the region have had no option but to leave their homes due to high levels of inequ...

Guide to support the social inclusion of refugee and migrant girls and adolescents

The concept of social inclusion of people in situations of human mobility can be approached and interpreted in different ways. On the one hand, there is a more adaptive view of these people within the context of a given country, while on the other hand the view is more oriented towards transformation, which leads ...

Child migration through the Darien Gap up 40 per cent so far this year

PANAMA CITY, 15 May 2024 – An increase in the number of children migrating through the dangerous Darien Gap so far this year puts the route on track for a fifth consecutive year of record levels of child migration, according to UNICEF analysis. In the first four months of 2024, more than 30,000 children on the mov...

11 December 2023

7 in 10 children on the move are under 11 years old in Latin America and the Caribbean

PANAMA CITY, 12 December 2023 - In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), seven out of ten children on the move are under 11 years old, according to UNICEF estimates. [1] The region has one of the most complex child migration situations, including growing and interconnected migration flows, coupled with internal d...

21 September 2023

Theory of change and strategic framework for UNICEF’s work on children in contexts of human mobility

This document outlines a theory of change (TOC) and Strategic Framework (SF) for UNICEF’s work on children in contexts of human mobility (CiHM) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for 2022-2025. It is intended as an overarching framework: the needs of different groups of children affected by human mobility va...

07 September 2023

Number of migrant children moving across Latin America and the Caribbean hits new record amid violence, instability and climate change

PANAMA/NEW YORK, 7 September 2023 - Children are migrating through Latin America and the Caribbean in record numbers and now account for a larger share of the migrant population than other regions in the world, according to Download the Child alert report. a UNICEF child alert issued today. Record numbers of child...