UNICEF and Save the Children said that in the four months that their joint border program has been active, they have provided assistance to more than 130 families and 570 unaccompanied minors in Ventimiglia and Lampedusa.
116 refugees who had been living in Greek camps flew into the German city of Hanover on Wednesday, February 17. The group was composed of 53 adults and 63 children.
The net number of migration to Germany continued to tumble in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic was cited as a chief reason for the decline in numbers, which now has fallen to merely a third of the legally permitted numbers.
42 additional refugees arrived in the German city of Hanover from Greece on Wednesday, February 3. The group is part of a contingent of 1,553 vulnerable persons that Germany agreed to take from Greece after the fire in the Lesbos migrant camp Moria last September.
In 2020, a global health pandemic, economic problems and even more people displaced than before were just some of the challenges we all faced. But there were some positives too, including these stories of sporting achievement.
A six-episode documentary attempts to give a voice to migrants under the age of 18 in Greece who have witnessed one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time. The web series, named "Through Our Eyes," is sponsored by the NGO Still I Rise.
The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR has urged more support for refugees accessing higher education in order to withstand the impact of COVID-19.
When refugees flee, they often arrive in their host country with very little to their name. But one thing that can’t be taken away from them are their skills and traditions. That is why craft can play such an important role in providing employment, self esteem and a path to a brighter future.
150 volunteers from around Europe have signed up to a summer holiday with a difference. Via the Catholic charity Sant'Egidio, volunteers are working with migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, providing entertainment for children and working in a restaurant run by the charity. Through the work, the charity identifies families eligible for relocation via humanitarian corridor.
Nearly 1,800 cases of missing children among unaccompanied migrants in Germany have been registered, according to a parliamentary enquiry. The number, however, has been falling steadily.
More than 3.7 million refugee children worldwide didn't have the chance to go to school in the last academic year, according to a new report by the UN refugee agency UNHCR.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has accused Greece of deliberately depriving at least 140 children in the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos of adequate medical care for chronic, complex and life-threatening diseases.