{"id":25518,"date":"2019-04-07T13:35:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T17:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=25518"},"modified":"2019-04-07T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T17:35:07","slug":"unicef-urges-caribbean-governments-to-protect-unaccompanied-venezuelan-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/unicef-urges-caribbean-governments-to-protect-unaccompanied-venezuelan-children\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF urges Caribbean governments to protect unaccompanied Venezuelan children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-3029191132\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) has&nbsp;called on regional governments to uphold their rights and protect unaccompanied, undocumented children.&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"antig-1754287070\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, 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services across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2019,UNICEF said it &nbsp;is encouraged by governments\u2019 efforts to jointly seek regional solutions to the challenges posed by large scale migration that are in line with international standards and national laws, such as the protocol adopted by Ecuador to protect uprooted children,\u201d&nbsp;said&nbsp;Mar\u00eda Cristina Perceval, UNICEF\u2019s Regional LAC Director .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid spiraling hyperinflation, shortages of basic goods, political turmoil, violence and persecution, almost 3.4&nbsp;million Venezuelans have left the country to seek safety or a better life abroad,&nbsp;according&nbsp;to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"antig-2679758881\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-1737549535\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"IMG_0979\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 1047w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:245\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 245w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:838\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 838w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:939\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1047\" height=\"1280\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cananewsonline.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/%C2%A9-UNICEF_UN0253268_Moreno-Gonzalez_0.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cananewsonline.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/%C2%A9-UNICEF_UN0253268_Moreno-Gonzalez_0-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-219683\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR said while more than 250,000 Venezuelans filed asylum claims last year, mostly in Latin America, many remain in an irregular situation, lacking guarantees to basic rights and exposed to exploitation and abuse.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1263239320\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, uprooted children and families face challenges in regularizing their immigration status, \u201cwhich can impact an array of services, as well as early childhood development,\u201d UNICEF said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, it said host countries lacking clear migration policies, put children at higher risk of discrimination, family separation, xenophobia and violence \u2013 \u201cwith unaccompanied and separated children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and indigenous people at even greater risk.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"antig-3305482490\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHuman rights standards call for states to allow children entry and registration as a precondition for carrying out initial protection assessment procedures,\u201d Perceval said. \u201cEven when they are unaccompanied and without official documentation, they should be immediately directed to specialized personnel, who can assess their protection needs\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to providing states with valuable planning and budget information, UNICEF called registering children on the move \u201cthe first step in guaranteeing their rights\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"antig-2835105691\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"1000436969\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 240w, 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Caribbean island of Cura\u00e7ao for the people of Venezuela.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith the support of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of Cura\u00e7ao, today\u2019s delivery contains four kits of emergency health assistance with medicines and medical supplies,\u201d said the State Department in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe four 1,200-pound kits, which can cover the health needs of 40,000 people for three months, will help address the shortages of basic emergency supplies in Venezuelan hospitals and health centers,\u201d it added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to this delivery, the State Department said Washington has \u201cpre-positioned\u201d over 540 metric tons of assistance in Colombia and Brazil for the people inside Venezuela.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Fiscal Year 2017, the department said the United States has also provided more than US$195 million \u2013 including more than US$152 million in humanitarian assistance and about US$43 million in development and economic assistance \u2013 to help countries in the region with the escalating migration crisis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This assistance includes working with the International Organization of Migration to distribute food and critical relief supplies to Venezuelan families, including those in Cura\u00e7ao, as well as supporting their efforts to \u201cbetter distribute humanitarian assistance through displacement tracking,\u201d the State Department said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said its Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) has provided more than US$7.4 million to assist vulnerable Venezuelans in the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and the broader Caribbean region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The State Department said Opposition Leader&nbsp;&nbsp;Juan Guaido and Venezuela\u2019s National Assembly are \u201cprioritizing the need for immediate international humanitarian assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe United States will continue to respond 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