17. 萨尔瓦多返回者收容中心在 2014 年 6 月至 2015 年 7 月照料了 4,114 名移民儿童，其中 45%是无人陪伴儿童。当被问及出走的原因时，36.1%的儿童回答说他们想与家人团聚，31.7%的儿童提到了更好的生活条件，27.5%的儿童说受到威胁。11 暴力成为中美洲儿童离国出走的愈加重要因素。在洪都拉斯，据报父母将子女送往海外是为了躲避帮派成员的招募。12
17. In El Salvador, the returnees’ care centre cared for 4,114 migrant children between June 2014 and July 2015, of whom 45 per cent were unaccompanied. When asked about their reasons for migrating, 36.1 per cent of the children replied that they wanted to join their families, 31.7 per cent mentioned better living conditions and 27.5 per cent were motivated by threats. 11 Violence has become a growing factor in migration in Central America. In Honduras, it has been reported that parents send their children abroad to prevent them from being recruited by gang members.12