Pediatric Health Care in Immigration Detention: A Call for Policy Change and Child Rights
Date and Time: Thursday, May 2, 2024 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm EDT
Location: Zoom – Registration required
Join the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University for a virtual conversation to discuss and contextualize the key findings in the Child Migrants in Family Immigration Detention in the US: An Examination of Current Pediatric Care Standards and Practices report which was published in January 2024. Our speakers will describe the impact of the report on policy implications for the future, delve into legal challenges in the current climate, and discuss the need for increased transparency in the border security process and oversight of child-specific processes. A Q&A session will follow.
Event details are available here.
Register to attend on Zoom here.
Read the full report: Child Migrants in Family Immigration Detention in the US: An Examination of Current Pediatric Care Standards and Practices
Read the press release: New Report Documents the Mental and Physical Harm Experienced by Children in Immigration Detention
This webinar is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Asylum Clinic at the MGH Center for Global Health, the Harvard Global Health Institute, and RAICES.