Asylum Seekers

Defying the odds of a difficult journey and surviving abuses by smugglers, most youth are fleeing violent conflict or poverty.

Mass migration to Europe, resulting from war and poverty, has erupted into a full-blown humanitarian crisis.

Senate Democrats have introduced a bill allocating $2.7 billion this year to deal with the surge of unaccompanied children and families from Central America entering the United States.

US policies stoked the gang violence Central American kids are fleeing.

The asylum-seekers have resolved not to leave until their status is officially decided.