Guatemala

“The continuing flow of migration has highlighted a growing desperation in Guatemala, driving children to set off for the US in search of opportunities.”

“The majority of children [from Tzucubal] go to the United States,” local teacher Cristobal Sipac told Al Jazeera, noting that children as young as 12 are deciding to migrate. “They finish 6th grade, but they do not want to continue studying, because there is no work here. So it is better to go there [to the US].”