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Migrant and Refugee Children in Latin America and the Caribb

Support for Migrant and Refugee Children contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Jean Llana, 35, was expelled from Cuba on 9 October with her 2 daughters.

Nearly 170 children expelled back to Haiti from US and Cuba in one day

Returned children and their families were trying to reach US following August earthquake.

Father and child arrive exhausted after crossing the Darien Gap to Bajo Chiquito, Province of Darien, Panama, on 25 March 2020.

2021 records highest ever number of migrant children crossing the Darien jungle towards the US – UNICEF

Nearly 19,000 children walked through the border between Colombia and Panama this year.

Over 2 in 3 people expelled to Haiti from US border are women and children – UNICEF

UNICEF also concerned about situation of Haitian families at US-Mexico border

A boy makes a heart with his hands in the shelter for migrant families of Roca de Salvación, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on April 14, 2021.

The United States contributes US$17.64 million to scale-up UNICEF’s humanitarian response for children on the move in Mexico and Central America

UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta Fore's Remarks at Virtual Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras

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Father and child arrive exhausted after crossing the Darien Gap to Bajo Chiquito, Province of Darien, Panama, on 25 March 2020.

Fifteen times more children crossing the Panama jungle towards the USA in the last four years

Daniela Sánchez Rosales (15) on the rooftop of the small dwelling she occupies with her family in San Martin d ePorres district in Lima, Perú, on september 23rd, 2020.

UNICEF supports migrant families in Peru

UNICEF launched a programme of multipurpose, non-conditional economic transfers designed specifically for Venezuelan families.

On 23 April 2019 in Cucuta, Colombia, Acnayeli Campos (center), 9, wants to be a photo journalist when she grows up. She walks home with her mother and her sister, Andaili.

R4V launches “One step closer”

A campaign in solidarity with refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean

Madre e hijas en la ruta migratoria desde Venezuela

Migratory regularization as an essential condition

for the comprehensive protection of the rights of children in the context of human mobility - Technical note

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