Seeking Asylum Alone: Unaccompanied and Separated Children and Refugee Protection in the U.S.

PDF - http://www.humanrights.harvard.edu/conference/Seeking_Asylum_Alone_US_Report.pdf
Jacqueline Bhabha and Susan Schmidt
"The first of four reports in this comparative series funded by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation, the U.S. report describes the nature and scale of the migration of unaccompanied and separated children entering the U.S. today, drawing on government data and statements, advocates’ accounts, court proceedings, and interviews with migrant children themselves. It explores the kafkaesque complexity of an immigration system which fails to address children’s problems in a coherent and integrated way and which funnels children through an adversarial system that ignores their best interests and violates their human rights. The report calls for greater attention to this serious and unjustified protection deficit."