Fleeing home alone: the migrant children blocked at Mexican border
Most come from some of the most dangerous countries in the hemisphere but the journey north exposes them to new risks/ For years, Dora waited impatiently to turn 15, the age her mother had agreed she would be old enough to leave their home in El Salvador – where she suffered physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her grandfather – and head to the US, in search of a new life. Her goal was to join two older sisters who had resettled in Los Angeles after fleeing the same abuse five years ago. But even after her birthday in May, Dora did not ...
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