Children Without a Place
Published in El Universo
(Ecuador) on 30 June 2014
by Editorial (link to original)
(Ecuador) on 30 June 2014
by Editorial (link to original)
Translated from
by Miken Trogdon.
Edited by Katie Marinello.
In a recent interview on ABC, U.S. President Barack Obama asked Central American parents not to illegally send their children to his country. He cautioned against all the dangers they face trying to reach the border, as they could be victims of gangs, organized crime groups, sold into sexual slavery or even die while crossing the desert.
He declared that since October 2013, 52,000 children have been detained at the border who, according to the law, are taken to shelters to start the series of formalities required to deport them.
He added, "We don't even know how many of these kids don't make it.”
The problem is extremely complex and clearly shows the inhumanity of the world we’re building. Thousands of children have no place. Their parents take the risk to let them go in spite of the uncertainty and the risks because they believe that this way they’ll have a future. But the society that receives them (if they complete the journey) doesn’t offer them shelter and instead returns them to the place they left so they can find themselves miserable again.
He declared that since October 2013, 52,000 children have been detained at the border who, according to the law, are taken to shelters to start the series of formalities required to deport them.
He added, "We don't even know how many of these kids don't make it.”
The problem is extremely complex and clearly shows the inhumanity of the world we’re building. Thousands of children have no place. Their parents take the risk to let them go in spite of the uncertainty and the risks because they believe that this way they’ll have a future. But the society that receives them (if they complete the journey) doesn’t offer them shelter and instead returns them to the place they left so they can find themselves miserable again.