29. Migrant Children: How and Why They Become 'Street Children'

SUMMARY

Organizers:

Brad Barnes
Citizenship and Immigration CANADA
brad.barnes@8504srk.cina.cic.x400.gc.ca

Description:

The workshop will look into the growing number of street children in large, middle-sized and small cities who more and more tend to become displaced outside their home countries (Honduran children in Vancouver, Salvadoran and Guatemalan children members of gangs in US cities, etc.) There will be special emphasis on migrant children in the countries of the Regional Conference on Migration (RCM) or Puebla Process, comprising all North and Central American countries plus the Dominican Republic.

To arrive at sound conclusions and recommendations, there is a need to bring together the research done by academics, the practical experience of the civil society and policy makers who are ultimately responsible for formulating and implementing government policy.

Presenters

Sandy Cooke, Covenant House, CANADA Abstract Paper
Bruce Harris, Casa Alianza, COSTA RICA Abstract
Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Vera Institute of Justice, UNITED STATES Paper
Brent Parfitt, British Columbia Deputy Ombudsman, CANADA (chair)
Victor Zúñiga, University of Monterrey, MEXICO Abstract Paper