unaccompanied minors
The Aimless Purgatory of Being a Teen Refugee
More than 42,000 minors entered Germany alone last year seeking protection from conflict zones. Most of them are teens, hoping to adapt to a new culture on their own.
Teenage Refugees Tell Us the Horrors They Went Through to Get to Europe
The UK will be taking in up to 3,000 unaccompanied minors who've been forced to flee their home countries. We spoke to some young refugees about their journeys so far.
Invisible and Exploited: Following the Steps of Europe's Missing Child Migrants
More than 10,000 children have gone missing since arriving in Europe as part of the migration wave which has flooded the continent. We spoke to child migrants and experts about their fate.
UK Politicians Reject Move to Accept 3,000 Unaccompanied Refugee Children
The proposal was originally tabled by Alf Dubs, an 83-year-old member of the UK's House of Lords. He came to England as a Jewish refugee on the Kindertransport rescue effort before World War II.
A Gang of Masked Men Rampaged Through Stockholm Threatening to Attack Migrants
Swedish police said several people were arrested after men clad in black balaclavas accosted people in the capital's main train station and central square.
'I Am Alone With No Family': The Fight to Let Child Refugees Into Britain
VICE News visited Calais to meet the teenagers risking their lives to be reunited with their families in England, and met the relatives fighting for legal ways to get them in.
French Politician Wants to Test the Bones of Young Migrants to Ensure That They're Minors
French authorities say they have intercepted 168 unaccompanied minors along the French-Italian border this past June alone, compared to 174 in the whole of 2014.
US Border Patrol Caught More Non-Mexicans Than Mexicans for the First Time Ever in 2014
Analysis of more than 60 years of Border Patrol data, showed Mexican migration is now at a 'standstill' and may even be on the decline.
Child Refugees Are Pleading for Asylum in Downtown LA
Children who fled violence in Central America are being forced to navigate the US immigration system without a lawyer. It usually ends in deportation.
Immigrants Are Going to Have to Keep Waiting for Change
Obama promised he would stop deporting so many people. Instead, he's started deporting more, and there's little hope left that he'll live up to his promises before his term ends.
The US Government Will No Longer Trick People Into Deporting Themselves
Border Patrol agents have been convincing immigrants to "voluntarily" leave the country by abusing them and threatening their families. They promise to stop doing that.
The Unaccompanied Minors Crisis Is Not Really About Border Enforcement
The surge in unaccompanied minors fleeing violence in Central America is more of a humanitarian crisis than a matter of US border control.