Sunday, January 28, 2024

Harvard University: Migrant children in U.S. detention face physical, mental harms. Really!

What about the physical, mental harms inflicted on these children by human trafficking, long journeys, separation from parents and so on.

Instead of voting with their feet, immigrants should have voted for a better life in their respective countries!

"Children detained for a prolonged period in family immigration detention centers in the U.S. are experiencing mental and physical harm due to inadequate and inappropriate medical care, according to a new report. ...
Detention is never in the best interest of children,” said Vasileia Digidiki, an instructor and director of FXB’s Summer Program on Migration and Refugee Studies, in an FXB press release. “The conditions that we documented in this study evidence a lack of some fundamental protections owed to children, whatever their immigration status.” ..."

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