More than three years after nearly a million refugees and migrants entered Germany, hundreds of children who fled continue to disappear after arriving in the country. Recent figures from the German federal police agency have prompted renewed calls for improved protection of refugee children.
Half the refugee population worldwide are under 18, Caritas reports. 300,000 of these children and teenagers are without their families.
What do you see when you look around you? What do you imagine when you close your eyes? These are two of the questions put to 14 young unaccompanied migrants in Rome. The adolescents took part in a photography course and were asked to visualize their thoughts through photos. Now, these photos are being displayed in an exhibition.
Violence against refugee children at the EU's external borders is on the rise, says a new report from Save the Children. The organization's Meike Riebau spoke to DW about what minors experience at the bloc's frontiers.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has urged the parliament to allow Syrian children born in Turkey to become citizens. This could possibly pave the way to birthright citizenship.
Most of the unaccompanied minors who arrive on Italian shores have experienced betrayal or torture at the hands of adults and institutions. The centers they are assigned to seek to provide stability for their future; now they are threatened with closure under Italy's new migration laws.
Sport can play a crucial role in helping migrant children and teenagers overcome fears and trauma. Over 70 percent of participants in a sports program run by the charity of football giant FC Barcelona "showed significant improvement," a study found.
In 2016, 12-year-old Zain Al Rafeea was working as a delivery boy on the streets of Beirut when he was discovered by a famous Lebanese film director. After starring in her film Capernaum, he and his family were recently relocated to Norway with the help of the UNHCR.
UNICEF has sent 4.7 million vaccines to Libya to protect children at risk of disease. Measles and polio are the main preventable diseases threatening children, among them many refugees, in the conflict-torn country.
A new report by Save the Children assesses the situation of Afghan children being returned from Europe to Afghanistan. The majority of children experience violence, insecurity and sadness, the NGO warns.
A nation-wide program to promote reading among newly arrived refugee children in Germany has received a boost. The government is extending the program which it says helps pave the way to successful integration.
Migrants at the Moria Camp on the Greek Island of Lesbos are bracing for the winter. The poor humanitarian conditions in the crowded camps have the migrants wondering what the Greek government will do.