Children are being pushed back, detained, and denied safety at Europe’s borders. @save_children warns of systemic rights violations. 📣 Children fleeing danger need protection—not punishment. The EU must act now.

Karla stood in immigration court at 16, unsure what to say or how to ask for help. Through Kids in Need of Defense, she found someone to stand beside her—and it changed everything. Read how a pro bono lawyer helped her build the future she deserves:

Imagine fleeing danger, arriving alone—and being told you must pay more than $5,000 for a chance at safety. This is what the budget bill demands of unaccompanied children. This is not justice. Help us fight back. Donate today:

The Senate just passed a budget bill that could make life even harder for unaccompanied kids. New policies target families with high fees & immigration checks. We must protect these children by any means.

10 years after the EU migration crisis, consequences are still unfolding. From rising xenophobia to crumbling asylum systems. But amid the politics, let’s not forget people's futures are at stake. Legal protection and dignity must be non-negotiable.

Last week, KIND joined @refugees, @SEstadoMigr & @Accem_ong to call for expanded, dignified pathways for family reunification. Every unaccompanied and separated child has the right to be with their family—family unity must be protected. #CRCP2025.

KIND condemns the Senate’s budget bill for gutting protections for unaccompanied children. It fast-tracks deportations, removes safeguards, and puts kids at greater risk of trafficking and abuse. This is not policy—it’s cruelty. Our full statement:

Join us on July 1 for a webinar with Irma Melunovic on building rapport with children in interview settings. Learn key techniques and how to analyse rapport-building in practice. Register here:

La semana pasada en KIND celebramos la escucha de SIPINNA a las necesidades y propuestas de los niños, niñas y adolescentes en situación de movilidad en vista del PRONAPINNA 2025-2030. @sos_children @CasaAlianza.

This #WorldRefugeeDay comes at a dark time for displaced children, but we won’t stop fighting for their rights. From legal wins in Poland to global reunification, KIND remains steadfast in protecting every child’s dignity & future.

The U.S. is deporting immigrant children it already recognized as abused or abandoned. A new USCIS policy strips SIJ youth of protection while they wait for visas, sending them back into harm.

Knowing your rights shouldn’t be a privilege. It should be protection. On #WorldDayAgainstChildLabor, KIND released a new animated video to help unaccompanied kids protect themselves from labor exploitation. Learn more:

The Senate should reject these provisions that would keep families apart and put unaccompanied children at risk.

From the letter: “Imagine if we had a national policy that required foster parents to pay the U.S government to take in a child in foster care.”.

The bill would impose an $8.5K minimum fee on sponsors of unaccompanied children—far beyond the reach of many potential sponsors, including parents, who could offer safe homes, especially with other massive fees included.

‼️87 family and child welfare organizations are raising the alarm about the provisions of the reconciliation bill passed by the House that would dismantle the protection system for unaccompanied children.

Agradecemos la invitación de tejiendo redes para participar en este diálogo necesario en la construcción de un mejor futuro para niñas, niños y adolescentes en movilidad!.

Families are being torn apart again. ICE is separating families in the U.S. at courthouses, during raids, and in “wellness checks.”. Children—including U.S. citizens—are being taken not for safety, but due to enforcement. We can’t let this happen again.

A federal court just halted the government from applying these changes to certain children still in ORR’s care--helping to ensure they will not face arbitrary delays or denials of reunification with loved ones or other suitable sponsors.

These changes have disrupted reunifications of children with parents and other family members, prolonged detention, and threatened to leave children without sponsors and potentially more vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation.