Sentences with phrase «of unaccompanied children»

Among the Southeast Asian refugees settled across the United States were tens of thousands of unaccompanied children who lost their parents to war or the treacherous journey to the United States.

Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne said: «Thousands of unaccompanied children claim asylum every year, many of them victims of trafficking, yet our system still fails to deal with them humanely.»

There has been a tenfold increase in the number of unaccompanied children trying to enter the United States illegally since 2009.

«The British and French governments are guilty of turning their backs on hundreds of unaccompanied children in Calais and Dunkirk, with increasing evidence that these kids are subject to trafficking by criminal gangs involved in prostitution and drugs,» Farron told Politics.co.uk

The Home Office has confirmed it is looking at plans to forcibly remove hundreds of unaccompanied children who are seeking asylum in the UK.

At 2 p.m., leaders from the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network and Education for a Better America will address the policy implications of the influx of unaccompanied children into the Hempstead, NY Union Free School District, 185 Peninsula Blvd., Hempstead.

Instead, the vast majority of unaccompanied children, including those from Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, have their asylum claims rejected and are given a temporary form of leave to remain, which runs out when the child turns 17.5 years old.

The need has grown more urgent, Ms. James and activists said, as the federal government has decided to prioritize the cases of the unaccompanied children and adults with children in what is being called a «surge docket.»

(District of Columbia) Despite growing concerns that the influx of unaccompanied child immigrants into the U.S. will overwhelm local government services in some communities, social advocates say public schools are not likely to be part of that turmoil.

Most recently, she has handled several cases and appeals on behalf of unaccompanied children seeking to secure lawful permanent residence in the United States.

Imogen has acted as sole counsel for a number of unaccompanied child asylum seekers in their successful judicial review challenges to local authorities» «age assessments» which found them to be over 18 years old.

Meanwhile, campaigners from the charity Help Refugees went to the High Court on Tuesday to back a challenge over the number of unaccompanied child refugees being accepted into the UK under the Dubs scheme.

Morgan has already been a vocal opponent of a hard Brexit and has been part of a group of MPs calling for a debate in the Commons on the issue of unaccompanied children in Greece and Italy, which will take place on 23 February.

Councilman Carlos Menchaca, chair of the Immigration Committee, compared the flood of unaccompanied children into the country to Hurricane Sandy.

He appeared to use the platform to rebut accusations by some that his winning film failed to reflect reality, before moving on to the Tory government's apparent U-turn on its promise to accept thousands of unaccompanied children fleeing danger in Syria and elsewhere.

BETHPAGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The federal government is looking at a former defense plant site in Bethpage to possibly house thousands of unaccompanied children from Central America.

The Liberal Democrats have led the charge to force the UK government to agree to take its fair share of unaccompanied child refuges in Europe, 3,000 of the estimated 30,000 currently open to exploitation in camps.

(The Education Department during Duncan's tenure released written guidelines reminding districts of that obligation, particularly after waves of unaccompanied children came to the country from Central America in recent years.)

On 6 June 2013, the Court issued an important ruling in the case of MA & Others v UK (C - 648 / 11) on the position of unaccompanied children subject to the Dublin II Regulation.

Some of the ABA staff, particularly those that are connected with the ProBar program which provides pro bono representation to individuals seeking asylum at the Texas border, many of them unaccompanied children, some of that staff they've resigned, they've given notice, they've expressed severe concern about the ABA no longer being a qualified public service loan forgiveness employer.

In the case of unaccompanied children, education will keep them out of the street and they are less likely to be exposed to employers who might exploit them.

One of my biggest concerns is the hundreds of unaccompanied children who are thought to be resident in the section of the camp which is currently being demolished.