United Nations: Central American Children are Refugees Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email A young girl cries as her home and neighborhood are forcefully dismantled in a shanty town after the government claimed that the settlement was illegal ( Spencer Platt / Getty ) Produced by Allie Ferguson and Ellen Frankman Produced by PRI and WNYC