Children: the new face of asylum and refuge in the United States

In recent years, the asylum system in the United States has changed its face. What was once a scheme dominated mainly by adults arriving alone has progressively transformed into a system marked by the arrival of families with children, who have come to represent a significant and, in many periods, majority share of those seeking international protection. This change not only reflects a shift in migration flows, but also a new humanitarian reality: asylum has ceased to be an individual phenomenon and has become a family phenomenon, in which children occupy a central place.