A Vatican plan is underway to reunite Ukrainian children with their families, a senior Vatican official says. The Ukrainian children were taken to Russia during the war. The plan The Holy See’s plan to reunite the children followed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s explicit request for its help, when he met Pope Francis at the Vatican Read more
Reuniting separated families who were pulled apart at the US-Mexico border has been given a deadline. Matching parents and children is not straightforward, however. A California judge told US border authorities on 27 June they had 30 days to reunite the families. Less if children are under the age of five. Families with under five Read more
Peter Dunne argues New Zealanders angry about Trump’s family separations policy should look instead at our own racist policy on family reunifications. Continue reading
Reunifying families separated on the Mexico-United States border is a massive undertaking. About 2,300 undocumented children were taken from their parents in recent weeks by US Border Control. That stopped last Wednesday when US President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending his administration’s policy of separating the families of illegal immigrants at the border. Read more