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In Honduras, NGO's organized a Week for Migrants to raise awareness and deter people from making the dangerous trek north.
Unaccompanied children from Honduras continue to flee the country by the thousands, most of whom are aiming to reach the safety and stability of the United States, according to reports by migration organizations Saturday.
“Children continue to emerge without adult company, or sometimes accompanied, because the causes of migration remain,” Lidia Mara Silva, a nun and member of the non-government organization Pastoral Care of Migrants, told AFP.
Mara's comments come during the Week for Migrants, a festival held in the central park of the capital Tegucigalpa, organized by the Pastoral and the International Red Cross to raise awareness of the dangers of migration and deter those who may think of leaving the country.
According to numbers released by the Pastoral, so far at least 35,438 Hondurans have been deported back to the country from the United States and Mexico in 2015 alone. Over 5,000 of the deportees were under the age of 18.
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There is more in that article. It's just sad all the way around.
Unaccompanied children from Honduras continue to flee the country by the thousands, most of whom are aiming to reach the safety and stability of the United States, according to reports by migration organizations Saturday.
“Children continue to emerge without adult company, or sometimes accompanied, because the causes of migration remain,” Lidia Mara Silva, a nun and member of the non-government organization Pastoral Care of Migrants, told AFP.
Mara's comments come during the Week for Migrants, a festival held in the central park of the capital Tegucigalpa, organized by the Pastoral and the International Red Cross to raise awareness of the dangers of migration and deter those who may think of leaving the country.
According to numbers released by the Pastoral, so far at least 35,438 Hondurans have been deported back to the country from the United States and Mexico in 2015 alone. Over 5,000 of the deportees were under the age of 18.
This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address:
"http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/1000s-of-Honduran-Children-Continue-to-Flee-to-the-US-20150906-0010.html". If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english
There is more in that article. It's just sad all the way around.
