Children still leave Honduras to reunite with a parent, or for better educational and economic opportunities. But, as I learned when I returned to Nueva Suyapa last month, a vast majority of child migrants are fleeing not poverty, but violence. ... ...children began leaving en masse for the United States three years ago. That was around the time that the narcos started putting serious pressure on kids to work for them. ... ...[The children] aren’t just going to the United States: Less conflicted countries in Central America had a 712 percent increase in asylum claims between 2008 and 2013. Here is a New York Times article that provides insight into the alarming situation that forces many children to flee to the United States:
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 22:43:02 +0000
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