Child Refugee & Migrant Crisis

A boy take a bus from Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, back to his home community after his parents lose their jobs due to COVID-19.
Protecting Child Migrants During a Pandemic
How UNICEF is protecting children on the move in Northern Central America, Mexico and the U.S. in the context of COVID-19.
This mother and her child were passing through Honduras when they were picked up and sent by bus to a government-run quarantine facility as required by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Inside Look: How COVID-19 is Deepening the Migrant Crisis in Honduras
A conversation with UNICEF Child Protection Specialist Lea Beaudry about how UNICEF is doing whatever it takes to protect kids.
In Honduras, a Need for Violence Reduction, Education and Opportunity
UNICEF and partners are working to improve conditions in Honduras, so children and families won't feel forced to migrate.
Families migrating from Central America to the U.S. set up makeshift camps in Tijuana, Mexico, one of the most violent cities in the world.
Immigration Policies Put Migrant Families at Serious Risk of Violence
Current policies prevent families from accessing their legal right to protection in the U.S. as they seek asylum.
UNICEF helps families like Andrea* and her two toddlers, who fled Guatemala after her husband, Cristian*, was threatened by gang members who tried to recruit him to collect extortion payments for them.
Fleeing Violence in Guatemala, a Young Family Yearns for Safety
Central Americans targeted by gangs face a difficult choice: leave everything behind and start over, or stay put and risk death.
"Honduras needs you!" says a mural outside the UNICEF-supported Belen Reception Center for Returned Migrants in western Honduras.
UNICEF Is Helping Build a Better Future in Honduras
Violence forces families and children to flee Honduras every day. UNICEF is working to make the country safer for all.
Paloma Escudero, UNICEF Director of Communication visits the border wall with Karla Gallo, UNICEF Mexico Child Protection Officer in Tijuana, Mexico on February 22, 2019.
Karla Gallo, Defender of Migrant Children Traveling Alone
UNICEF is stationed on the routes migrant children travel to protect them — especially those who are on their own — and their rights.
A family crosses the Suchiate River at the Mexico-Guatemala border in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico on January 31, 2019.
How UNICEF Helps Young Migrants in Central America, Mexico & the U.S.
FAQs: Here's how UNICEF and UNICEF USA are working to support and protect migrating children every step of the way.
In March 2019, school children in a village near Puerto Cortés, Honduras met with UNICEF to talk about the needs of the Garifuna (Black Carib) community.
Why Children Are Fleeing Honduras, and What UNICEF Is Doing About It
Children are compelled to leave their homeland — but they would much rather stay. UNICEF helps make it possible.
Members of UNICEF NextGen and staff in Mexico City. Kelly Wilson is in the third row, second from left.
UNICEF NextGen Works to Save and Protect Young Migrants in Mexico
After a special mission to meet migrant children in Mexico, UNICEF Next Generation got busy fundraising. And then the earthquakes hit.