Child Refugee & Migrant Crisis

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.
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.