Ettinger de Cuba Stephanie, Bovell-Ammon Allison, Becker Cutts Diana
Children's HealthWatch-Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, One Boston Medical Center Place, Vose Hall 5th floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Children's HealthWatch-Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, One Boston Medical Center Place, Vose Hall 4th floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Children (Basel). 2019 Jul 17;6(7):83. doi: 10.3390/children6070083.
Worldwide 37,000 people are forced to flee their homes every day due to conflict and persecution. The factors that lead people to leave their home countries often originate with economic deprivation and violence, escalated to a level that becomes a struggle for survival. Climate change, as it has accelerated over the last three to four decades and negatively impacted natural resources, contributes to a parallel increase in strife and migration. The US response to migration has been to construct an "Invisible Wall" of isolationist and xenophobic policies, many of which are especially harmful to children and their families. The southern US border is perhaps the most high profile location of the Invisible Wall's construction, fortified by federal policies and a withdrawal from international cooperation. Global reengagement on climate change and migration, US ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and destruction of the Invisible Wall will help to create a world where children can thrive.
在全球范围内，每天有3.7万人因冲突和迫害被迫逃离家园。导致人们离开祖国的因素通常源于经济贫困和暴力，这些情况升级到了关乎生存的斗争层面。在过去三四十年里加速的气候变化对自然资源产生了负面影响，导致冲突和移民现象同时增加。美国对移民的应对措施是构建一道由孤立主义和仇外政策组成的“无形之墙”，其中许多政策对儿童及其家庭尤其有害。美国南部边境或许是构建这道无形之墙最引人注目的地方，联邦政策加固了边境，并退出了国际合作。全球在气候变化和移民问题上重新展开接触、美国批准《儿童权利公约》以及拆除这道无形之墙，将有助于创造一个让儿童茁壮成长的世界。
