Not exact matches
The council's
unaccompanied minors initiative was launched in 2014
following a surge in
children fleeing Central America and crossing the southern border into the U.S. seeking permanent residency in the states.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito called on New York City to
follow Syracuse's footsteps and offer shelter to some of the
unaccompanied, undocumented immigrant
children flooding into the country as they flee violence in Central America.
Resources for working with special populations such as refugees, migrants, students with interrupted education, newcomer immigrants,
unaccompanied children, and internationally adopted students
follow below.
At the low end of the age limit, all the airlines
follow the same rule — 5 is the youngest at which you can send your
child unaccompanied on a direct flight.
With JetBlue, when you call to say that a
child will be flying
unaccompanied, you will be asked to supply the
following information for both the person dropping off and picking up the
child: name and address (as it appears on government - issued ID) and phone number.
Again, while the negative effects of separation and sole migration are evident in
children and adolescents (Richman, 1993), there are some studies that report good adaptation
following separation and
unaccompanied migration (Krupinski et al., 1986; Rumbaut, 1991; Wolff et al., 1995).