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1 results foundAuthor: Orozco, Manuel Title: Understanding Central American Migration: The Crisis of Central American Child Migrants in Context Summary: This memo aims to inform the current debate surrounding the sharp increase in unaccompanied child migrants, particularly from Central America. It integrates data on issues triggering this outflow while also introducing the perspectives of the people and communities they affect. Specifically, it draws on data from 900 municipalities to analyze migrant hometowns in relation to human development, violence, and education. In addition, it presents the results of a nationwide survey in El Salvador and a survey of Central American migrants residing in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. There has been a sharp increase in the number of unaccompanied migrant children from Central America attempting to enter the United States (Figure 1) in the past few years. This increase is also seen among adults, though to a lesser degree. As the United States, Mexico, and Central American countries struggle to address this crisis, debates have raged surrounding the humanitarian, legal, and political implications of any possible solution to this complex and troubling issue. To respond to this crisis in an informed and humane manner, steps must first be taken to develop a clear, objective picture of the issues shaping it. This report aims to do just that, by analyzing the places that emigrants are leaving and the reasons why. Though country-level data can provide a rough approximation of root causes, the municipal data presented here allows for a much more fine-tuned approach, contributing important insights to the current policy debate surrounding short and long-term solutions to the issue of child migrants. Our research considers various factors contributing to the increase in migration from Central America and finds that violence is the most powerful, immediate driver of emigration, but that it is linked in numerous and important ways to economic and human development. We also note that the perceptions of migrants accurately reflect the harsh realities prompting emigration. Key findings include:- An analysis of migrant hometowns indicates that migrants are coming from some of the most populous and violent municipalities in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala; - Violence, measured in intentional homicides, emerges as a more powerful driver of international migration than human development, as measured by the Human Development Index; - Half of Salvadorans know someone who has emigrated, and a quarter of Salvadorans say they would consider leaving home themselves, citing violence and lack of economic opportunities as key reasons; - Most Central American migrants in the US attribute the rise in child migration to violence in their home countries, and nearly half (47%) know a recent child migrant; - Solutions to the current problem require applying a human development lens to a longstanding reality of violence in the region and focusing on education. Details: S.L.: Inter-American Dialogue, 2014. 22p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 22, 2019 at: https://www.thedialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FinalDraft_ChildMigrants_81314.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United States URL: https://www.thedialogue.org/analysis/understanding-central-american-migration-the-crisis-of-central-american-child-migrants-in-context/ Shelf Number: 155984 Keywords: Child Migrants Child Migration Migration Unaccompanied Migrant Children Unaccompanied Migrants |