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Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Ed O'Keefe - CBS News,

The Trump-era policy was used to expel over 200,000 immigrant families and asylum-seekers

CBC News,

British Columbia's representative for children and youth says the system of funding child welfare services for Indigenous kids is "deeply flawed'' and there's an urgent need to overhaul practices to make data accessible and transparent.

UNICEF USA,

Restrictive border policies undermine the rights and dignity of children and families seeking asylum in the United States. Two years since the U.S. government invoked Title 42 — effectively blocking all legal pathways to safety for migrants fleeing violence, persecution and extreme poverty in their countries of origin — UNICEF USA is renewing the call for its termination.

Rachel Collier - peicanada.com,

After escaping a highly traumatic childhood with her mom and her partner in Montague, Taylor Wilson spent the better part of her adolescence living in a group home in Charlottetown.

Associated Press,

The Alaska House passed legislation Wednesday that would repeal a provision of law that allows a court to grant permission for someone as young as 14 to marry.

New York Times,

A family from India froze to death just yards away from crossing into the United States from Canada. Desperate migrants are trying their luck on the northern border.

New York Times,

A family from India froze to death just yards away from crossing into the United States from Canada. Desperate migrants are trying their luck on the northern border.

Melody Schreiber - The Guardian,

As many as 20% of all child deaths from Covid in the US have occurred during the Omicron surge of the pandemic. Children seem to be facing increasing risks from COVID-19 even as mask mandates drop across the country, and vaccination rates among children stall out at alarmingly low rates.

The Guardian,

Children seem to be facing increasing risks as mask mandates are abandoned and vaccination rates stall.

Adrienne Murray - BBC News, Copenhagen,

Six people who were part of a failed 1950s social experiment have won compensation from Denmark's government and have received a face-to-face apology from the prime minister.