Fault Lines No Refuge: Children at the border No Refuge: Children at the border
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding along the US border with Mexico. Rising gang violence in Mexico and Central America is pushing thousands of migrant children to flee their homes and seek refuge by attempting to cross the US border. Between 2011 and 2013, the number of unaccompanied minors detained at the border rose by 142 percent. Nearly 70,000 unaccompanied minors have arrived since October 2013 and by the end of fiscal year 2014, the number of child migrants detained at the border is expected to double again. "These are innocent children, fleeing desperate times, whether it's poverty, whether it's violence, whether it's the draw of a better life in the United States," Border Patrol agent Kevin Oaks told Fault Lines. What have these children left behind? And will they be able to stay in the US? Fault Lines goes behind the numbers to examine the wave of child migrants from Central America to the US border, the reasons why they are leaving, and the risks they undertake.
We live in a world run through with Fault Lines. Al Jazeera's Fault Lines takes you beyond the headlines and holds the powerful to account as we examine the US' role in the world.
Primary Title
- Fault Lines
Secondary Title
- No Refuge: Children at the border
Episode Title
- No Refuge: Children at the border
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 7 February 2015
Start Time
- 18 : 30
Finish Time
- 19 : 00
Duration
- 30:00
Channel
- Al Jazeera English
Broadcaster
- Al Jazeera Media Network
Programme Description
- We live in a world run through with Fault Lines. Al Jazeera's Fault Lines takes you beyond the headlines and holds the powerful to account as we examine the US' role in the world.
Episode Description
- A humanitarian crisis is unfolding along the US border with Mexico. Rising gang violence in Mexico and Central America is pushing thousands of migrant children to flee their homes and seek refuge by attempting to cross the US border. Between 2011 and 2013, the number of unaccompanied minors detained at the border rose by 142 percent. Nearly 70,000 unaccompanied minors have arrived since October 2013 and by the end of fiscal year 2014, the number of child migrants detained at the border is expected to double again. "These are innocent children, fleeing desperate times, whether it's poverty, whether it's violence, whether it's the draw of a better life in the United States," Border Patrol agent Kevin Oaks told Fault Lines. What have these children left behind? And will they be able to stay in the US? Fault Lines goes behind the numbers to examine the wave of child migrants from Central America to the US border, the reasons why they are leaving, and the risks they undertake.
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy
- Illegal aliens--United States
- Unaccompanied immigrant children--United States
- Immigrant children--United States--Social conditions
- Return migration--Mexico
- Mexico--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects
Genres
- Current affairs
Subjects
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy
- Illegal aliens--United States
- Unaccompanied immigrant children--United States
- Immigrant children--United States--Social conditions
- Return migration--Mexico
- Mexico--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects