Child Immigration Problems

Children are an important part of the society. This is why their lives are equal in value as those of the adult members of the society. However the case, most children are subjected to conditions that do not support their existence. Unlike adults, children face crises due to the fact that they are defenseless and vulnerable beings. It is significant to note that not all the crises and predicaments that befall children are intentional; some of them are as a result of the natural occurrence of events. Majorly, the crises that most children face are emotional, physical, and psychological. Therefore, these problems circumvent the entire life of a child. Fundamentally, countries located in sub-Saharan Africa are the most affected when it comes to

Partly, it can be stated that countries such as Rwanda and Botswana that are located in these regions are engulfed with injustices that create a hostile environment towards children. On the other hand, developed countries such as the United States and Germany are characterized by child immigration problems. Mostly, children from poor regions try to unlawfully escape to the developed countries with the hope of finding better living conditions. As a matter of fact, children form a fundamental framework of tomorrow’s outlook. Therefore, crises that they face need to be identified as a strategy towards devising ways of stopping them. This study focuses on the major crises that children face.

Firstly, child neglect is a major problem that most children face. In such cases, some parents fail to give their children the support that they need. This is mainly because the parents in question may either be

According to International Labour Organization, child labour is defined as the unlawful employment of children to serve in capacities that are above normal expectations. In the year 2013, the International Labour Organization carried out a research which highlighted that about 400 million children in the world face instances of child labour. Furthermore, the research identified that most of these children are aged between 6 and 13. As seen from the statistics, it is unequivocal that child labor is a crisis that should not be ignored. Moreover, child labour can be classified as voluntary or involuntary. In the case of voluntary child labour, children subject themselves to these circumstances of their own free will. Fundamentally, the ILO reports that most of the children are from disadvantaged backgrounds. Therefore, the only way that remains as a solution to their positions is to work in fields or do manual jobs. From the nature of most manual jobs, it is obvious that a child of 6 years is not ripe for such jobs. These are strenuous jobs that are designed for mature men and women. Whenever these children work, most of their employers use the opportunity to under pay them. Hans Hellsen, in his studies on the position of An African child denotes that most children in Africa engage in hard labor in exchange of food and shelter. On the other hand, some children end up suffering from labor that they did not consent.