Notice to the Press Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC October 22, 2008 State Department Co-Sponsors Conference on Unaccompanied MinorsOn Wednesday, October 22 through Friday, October 24, the Departments of State, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, and George Mason University will co-sponsor a conference on the issue of unaccompanied minors – asylum seekers, refugees, trafficking victims, vulnerable migrants, and others – at the Johnson Center, George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. The conference will bring together experts from UN organizations, child welfare groups, lawyers specializing in child immigration cases, academic experts, and others. Two former unaccompanied minors who were successfully reunited in the U.S. with their mothers will also attend. 2008/899 |