“I feel bad being in the detention center apart from my son for almost two months. I just missed him. I just lose him.”

Separated and scarred – a story of Mexican detention

“I feel bad being in the detention center apart from my son for almost two months. I just missed him. I just lose him.”
“I cried a lot because it reminded me of when I was locked up in the kidnapping.”

One of the reasons the detention of migrant children can be so devastating is that it is used on those who have often experienced the worst of life already.

At 16, Carolina left Honduras looking for a new life. By train and foot she made it to Tealpas, on the Mexican-US border. She was just kilometers from the country of her dreams.

But it would be two months of horror before she crossed the border.



In Tealpas, Carolina was kidnapped and transported to a house where she would be kept in the dark with 80 other people. That is where she saw first hand what no child should see.

Detention by any other name – Carolina’s US detention story

“I cried a lot because it reminded me of when I was locked up in the kidnapping.” One of the reasons the detention of migrant children can b...
“I’ve asked myself why? Why do they detain you? If supposedly one is free.”





When he was first captured by US officials, Sergio was kept in the so-called ‘ice box’, a room without any windows or natural light, where people don’t know what time of day it is. Detainees also report that the air conditioner is turned up, which makes it hard for them to sleep.

Cold and confused – a US detention story

“I’ve asked myself why? Why do they detain you? If supposedly one is free.” When he was first captured by US officials, Sergio was kep...

A Roma l’Unicef presenta il Rapporto “Facce d’Italia” in occasione del 20 novembre, Giornata nazionale dell’Infanzia e dell’adolescenza. In tutta Italia promossi oltre 100 eventi. Rilanciata la campagna “Io come tu”
ROMA – Quasi un milione di minorenni di origine straniera vive in Italia;  più di 500 mila sono nati nel nostro paese.

Cittadinanza onoraria ai minori stranieri: 106 comuni aderiscono a proposta Unicef

A Roma l’Unicef presenta il Rapporto “Facce d’Italia” in occasione del 20 novembre, Giornata nazionale dell’Infanzia e dell’adolescenza. I...

LE PLUS. Ce sont des enfants déracinés. A cause de la crise économique et financière, ces "mineurs isolés étrangers" (MIE) sont bien souvent oubliés. À l'occasion de la Journée internationale des droits de l'Enfant, François Content, directeur de la Fondation Auteuil, nous rappelle que l'enfance est universelle et qu'il est urgent de rétablir leurs droits.


Enfants dans un collège à Paris, 20/03/2012 (Francois Mori/AP/SIPA)



Ce sont des enfants mais on les "range" sous un nom bien particulier.

Ces enfants traumatisés, réfugiés mais que la France abandonne : il y a des solutions

LE PLUS. Ce sont des enfants déracinés. A cause de la crise économique et financière, ces "mineurs isolés étrangers" (MIE) sont bi...
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