EL SALVADOR: CHILDREN ON THE MOVE Belice Belmopan
In 2016
Guatemala
CANADA
Honduras Tegucigalpa
Guatemala City San Salvador
San Francisco
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Approximately 18,000 unaccompanied children and adolescents from El Salvador were detained in the US and Mexico.
Managua
San José
Costa Rica
More than 9,000 children and adolescents returned to El Salvador.
Panama City
MEXICO
Panama
Los Angeles and San Francisco are the pain destinations of migrants.
Returned children and adolescents by age range in 2016 Return by land
USA
Los Angeles
Children by kind of return in 2016 Return by land
Return by air
Return by air Boys
16 to 17 years Girls
13 to 15 years
0
10 to 12 years
1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
7 to 9 years 4 to 6 years 0 to 3 years
WHY DO ADOLESCENTS MIGRATE? “Mainly because of safety concerns and the economy here in El Salvador: opportunities to study are scarce, there is little support for students to grow and broaden their horizons.”
RETURN OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS BY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEPARTMENT IN 2016
Lisseth, 14 years old
Chalatenango Santa Ana
09
Cuscatlán
Ahuachapán
San Salvador
Sonsonate La Libertad
156
Morazán San Vicente
La Paz
363 1,310
Cabañas
Usulután
San Miguel La Unión
13 327
The department with the highest number of returning children and adolescents is San Salvador. Via air, over 86% return alone.Via land, this number decreases to 24%.
15 666 Sources: Data of the General Directorate of Migration and Foreigners in El Salvador, 2016
Jovel, M. Estudio de caso sobre la reintegración de niños, niñas y adolescentes deportada en situación de retorno a su comunidad de origen. Save the Children, 2017.