A total of 70,000 unaccompanied minors entered Italy by sea between 2014 and 2018. About 60,000 of them have now become legal adults and need support in their transition to adulthood, according to a new report published by UNICEF, UNHCR, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Nearly 28,000 children from over 60 countries are stranded in northeastern Syria due to a recent escalation in the conflict, according to UNICEF. The organization urged governments to repatriate these children before it is too late.
European countries must do more to protect child refugees and migrants who face risks and hardship after arriving in Europe. This year around 13,000 children have arrived in Greece, where they are suffering under terrible conditions, the UN warns.
Ireland is being urged to take in 36 refugee children from Greece as soon as possible. The call follows criticism of the government for failing to meet its refugee resettlement target.
Half of all asylum seekers in Germany are children. Whether they have arrived alone or with their families, it's feared that large numbers are being denied the chance of a stable and healthy childhood.
A report by the UN's migration office said children are dying during migration at alarming rates, most of them perishing on the Mediterranean. The deadliest routes for children are those that involve water crossings.
How do you keep unaccompanied children in the UK safe from trafficking? That was the question addressed by a pilot project from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) which concluded recently.
Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency, reports a sharp drop in the number of children and adolescents who fled to the EU by themselves last year. The total marks the third straight year of falling numbers.
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.