Roots of juvenile migration from El Salvador

Susan Bibler Coutin

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Chapter 8: Roots of juvenile migration from El Salvador

Susan Bibler Coutin

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Category:: Handbook Chapter

Published:: 31 Aug 2018

Page Range:: 113–126

Collection:: Social and Political Science 2018

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786433701.00017

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The number of unaccompanied children entering the United States from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras rose from 3,000 to 4,500 in the early 2000s to close to 60,000 in 2016. Who are these children? Why are they migrating? What are their future prospects? To address these questions, this chapter explores the complex history of Salvadoran migration, with a focus on the perspectives and experiences of children and youth. Key features of this history include civil war, U.S. economic and military intervention, and the denial of refuge. Current child migration is rooted in these earlier moments.

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Research Handbook on Child Migration

Edited by

Jacqueline Bhabha

Jyothi Kanics

, and

Daniel Senovilla Hernández

Handbook

Published:: 31 Aug 2018

Print ISBN:: 9781786433695

eISBN:: 9781786433701

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786433701

Pages:: c 552

Collection:: Social and Political Science 2018

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