Strategy for Prevention and Strategy for Prevention and Assistance to Returned Assistance to Returned

Unaccompanied Migrant Girls, Unaccompanied Migrant Girls, Boys, and AdolescentsBoys, and Adolescents

XV Regional Conference on Migration (RCM)Regional Seminar on Migration and Family

Colegio de la Frontera Norte

April 21-23, 2010

Mexican Migrants Under 18 Years of Age Deported by the United States, 2007 - 2009

Source: Centro de Estudios Migratorios, INM, based on the monthly newsletter on migration statistics

Year of Repatriation

Accompanied

Unaccompanied

Reasons for Migration of Unaccompanied Boys, Reasons for Migration of Unaccompanied Boys, Girls, and AdolescentsGirls, and Adolescents

Economic Reasons:Economic Reasons:• Taking on economic responsibility in their

families

• Finding employment in the US

• Gaining a better quality of life

Family-Related Reasons:Family-Related Reasons:• Family reunification

• Family recomposition or restructuring

• Child abuse, violence, or mistreatment

Risks Associated to the Migration of Risks Associated to the Migration of Unaccompanied Boys, Girls, and AdolescentsUnaccompanied Boys, Girls, and Adolescents

• Migrant smuggling and trafficking

• Child exploitation: sexual and labor

• Drug use and trafficking

• Victims of violence and organized

crime

• Abuse and mistreatment

• Unwanted pregnancies and STIs

• Accidents and dangers

Objectives of the StrategyObjectives of the Strategy

To prevent and to provide assistance:

•Needs of repatriated unaccompanied

migrant boys, girls, and adolescents

•Parallel problems that they are

exposed to

To promote coordinated actions and

family and community containment.

Population ServedPopulation Served

No data available

18 years and older

13-17 years

6-12 years

0-6 years

Population ServedPopulation ServedGender 2007 2008 2009

Female 4,369 3,624 2,963

Male 16,997 16,020 14,261

Total 21,366 19,664 17,224

Source: Red de Módulos y Albergues de Tránsito para Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes Migrantes y Repatriados No Acompañados del Sistema Nacional DIF.

Population Population ServedServed

Gender Education 2007 2008 2009

Men

No education 597 527 518

Pre-school 98 63 57

Elementary 5,790 5,226 4,477

Secondary 9,076 8,849 7,922

High school 1,436 1,355 1,287

Subtotal 16,997 16,020 14,261

Women

No education 266 233 179

Pre-school 79 48 31

Elementary 1,450 1,198 852

Secondary 2,003 1,652 1,393

High school 571 493 508

Subtotal 4,369 3,624 2,963

Total 21,366 19,644 17,224

Source: Red de Módulos y Albergues de Tránsito para Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes Migrantes y Repatriados No Acompañados del Sistema Nacional DIF.

Regions Covered by the StrategyRegions Covered by the Strategy

Northern BorderNorthern Border

SouthernSouthernBorderBorder

State 2007 2008 2009

Chiapas 488 467 272

Total Southern Border 488 467 272

Source: Red de Módulos y Albergues de Tránsito para Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes Migrantes y Repatriados No Acompañados del Sistema Nacional DIF.

Places ofPlaces ofOriginOrigin

State 2007 2008 2009

Guanajuato 1,813 1,738 1,286

Michoacán 1,611 1,578 1,360

Oaxaca 1,372 1,287 1,417

Guerrero 1,309 1,229 1,207

Puebla 1,254 1,138 1,063

Tamaulipas 1,095 1,007 923

Veracruz 1,141 1,052 799

México 1,085 1,009 817

Chiapas 1,027 869 770

Jalisco 994 941 661

Source: Red de Módulos y Albergues de Tránsito para Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes Migrantes y Repatriados No Acompañados del Sistema Nacional DIF.

Places of OriginPlaces of OriginProtection Centers for ChildrenProtection Centers for Children

Inter-institutional Dialogue TableInter-institutional Dialogue Table

Objectives:Objectives:• To increase the visibility of migration of unaccompanied boys,

girls, and adolescents

• To promote a comprehensive approach to address this issue

• To coordinate efforts

Participants:Participants:• Federal Government

• State and Municipal Governments

• Civil Society Organizations

• International Organizations (UNICEF, UNHCR, IOM)

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