➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Facebook accused of failing to protect children after 'alarming' policies on moderating child abuse revealed Mirror - May 22, 2017 Facebook has been accused of failing to protect children, after a trove of documents leaked by The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Serbia: Unaccompanied minors among stranded migrants in Serbia Associated Press - May 18, 2017 A report by the U.N. children's agency published on Wednesday warned that more than 300,000 children like Ullah have been migrating alone worldwide over a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Pakistan: Crack down on men trading young daughters to settle debts and disputes Public Radio International - May 15, 2017 The sentence ordered by the council was one of the hundreds of incidents known as vani that are estimated to occur annually in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Traffickers and smugglers exploit record rise in unaccompanied child refugees Guardian - May 17, 2017 A record increase in the number of refugee and migrant children travelling alone has left many exposed to sexual abuse and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Europe: Still Stuck in Greece and Italy: EU Members Not Meeting Migrant Relocation Quotas EU Bulletin - May 19, 2017 The EU Parliament said that EU countries must fulfill their obligations to accept asylum seekers from Italy and Greece, giving … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Caring for immigrant youth fleeing Central America Crain's New York Business - May 18, 2017 "It made us think, Wow, how many kids we have seen whose situation we didn't fully understand and we never thought of referring to lawyers?" he said. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: There Are 58,000 Slaves in the United States Right Now Inverse - May 19, 2017 The Global Slavery Index (GSI) offers the following recommendations for the U.S. to curb slavery: Improve the provision of appropriate housing for child trafficking … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Deportation Fears of Immigrants With Disabled Children Atlantic Monthly - May 19, 2017 As the Trump administration promises to deport a broader range of people, parents like Rafael and Sonia increasingly are seeking help to stay in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The big squeeze on human needs programs continues (Opinion) Hill - May 19, 2017 Many Democrats and Republicans breathed a sigh of relief when, last month, Congress finally passed and President Trump signed the budget bill for the current 2017 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Reps. Granger, Lawrence & Sens. Blunt, Klobuchar Introduce Vulnerable Children and Families Act (Press release) Congresswoman Kay Granger - May 19, 2017 The measure would help more children living without families or in institutional care … [Read more...]