Name: The need for family reunification -- to make families whole again
Uploaded: 2021-12-10T15:51:53Z
Duration: 11 min 43 s
Description: "I want all families to be made whole, to be reunified, to be together -- as is our right," says writer, poet and student Elizabeth Zion. In this profoundly moving talk, Zion shares the impacts of family separation, including her personal struggles with homelessness and poverty -- and points a way toward moral and just policies that recognize the human rights of migrant families.

"I want all families to be made whole, to be reunified, to be together -- as is our right," says writer, poet and student Elizabeth Zion. In this profoundly moving talk, Zion shares the impacts of family separation, including her personal struggles with homelessness and poverty -- and points a way toward moral and just policies that recognize the human rights of migrant families.  

Family separation leaves scars that policies cannot ignore. One young woman, born into Ireland’s asylum system and homelessness, describes how years without her father shaped her deepest struggles. The absence of both parents forced her family into poverty and isolation, showing that reunification is not just policy, but a human right. True opportunity for children begins at home, with governments urged to remove barriers and keep families whole.

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The need for family reunification -- to make families whole again

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