Immigration Article of the Day: International Migration of Children for a Better Life: Human Rights, State Power, and Nations' Duties by James G. Dwyer

Kevin R. Johnson

04 Apr 2026 — 1 min read

International Migration of Children for a Better Life: Human Rights, State Power, and Nations' Duties by James G. Dwyer, Oxford University Press. 2025

Abstract

In much of the earth's territory, children are prey. In much of the earth's territory, parental abandonment is an act of love. In much of the earth's territory, a person's fate is decided before reaching adulthood, if they do. The fate of so many girls is to be used for rape and reproduction, of so many boys to kill or be killed, of so many children to die of starvation or bombing, We who live in a very different part of the world, with far greater social order and resources, cannot fathom the reality children in some other parts of the world face daily.

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