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Telling the story of unaccompanied minors’ overlooked needs in Los Angeles
posted 12/20/2016
The burst of media coverage on the surge of unaccompanied minors coming to the U.S. in recent years has since ebbed, but the migration continues and many of the children’s basic needs still go unmet.
Unaccompanied minors struggle to get the health care they need
posted 03/10/2016

Media coverage of unaccompanied minors has subsided in the past couple of months, although immigration hearings and deportations continue. Meanwhile, what do we know so far about the quality of health care provided to such minors?

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Telling the story of unaccompanied minors’ overlooked needs in Los Angeles
The burst of media coverage on the surge of unaccompanied minors coming to the U.S. in recent... more »
posted 12/20/16
Unaccompanied minors struggle to get the health care they need
Media coverage of unaccompanied minors has subsided in the past couple of months, although... more »
posted 03/10/16

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Project: Unaccompanied and pregnant: The challenges of finding health services
For unaccompanied minors, seeking out health care is fraught will challenges and fear. Reporter Lucy Guanuna tells the stories of young mothers and children, and their unmet health needs.
Project: Unaccompanied minors and their harrowing journey to safety

“We wanted to see the sun because the lights were on inside all the time. They would wake us up all the time, they wouldn’t let us sleep,” said one unaccompanied minor placed in a Texas detention center. “I wanted to cry. I thought, ‘God why am I here. Why did I come?’”