Former UN human rights expert criticizes Canada's handling of child refugees, calling it "inhumane and degrading."

An immigration policy could force a mother to choose between leaving her daughter alone in Canada or returning to Sierra Leone where she'd be at risk of FGM.

The mother of a 9-year-old refugee at risk of genital mutilation in Sudan feels as if her "heart is broken" at the thought Canada could separate her from her family.

Child psychiatrists and lawyers are calling for the end of a Canadian immigration policy that makes it difficult for child refugees to reunite with their families.

Canada's immigration policy keeps child refugees separated from their families for years, sometimes forever. Immigration lawyers say this can destroy lives.

Some 28 million children around the globe have been driven from their homes by violent conflict, with nearly as many abandoning their homes in search of a better life