Unsafe migration practices pose a real risk to many marginalized children and families in Cambodia. Every year Cambodian children and families cross the border into Thailand to seek work or to beg on the streets of the city facing many risks, including the risk of being further exploited or of being placed into detention as illegal migrants.

Since 2005, Friends International has supported many children and families facing these situations. Their cross-border migration project collaborates with Thai and Cambodian authorities to attack the issues driving unsafe migration at the roots:

• Supporting at-risk children and families through holistic service provision in Bangkok and Aranyaprathet (on the border with Cambodia),
• Assisting migrants in returning to their countries of origin (Cambodia, Laos),
• Supporting their lasting reintegration into home communities with local NGO’s within the CYTI Alliance,
• Undertaking prevention work in high risk areas of cities and communities.