The Pro Asyl charity in Germany has called for the dismissal of the trial against three young migrants accused of terrorism in Malta. The migrants from Guinea and Ivory Coast were rescued in the Central Mediterranean in 2019 by a freighter, which brought them to Malta.
Greek authorities confirmed that a total of 61 migrants have reached the Greek island of Crete after at least one child died of unspecified causes while being airlifted to hospital. The group had earlier been rescued by a cargo vessel.
"We want justice for our daughter," the parents of the five-year-old girl who died on an islet along the Greek-Turkish border have demanded before a Greek court. Greece maintains that the islet where the girl died was "Turkish territory".
Over the past ten years, 52 migrants coming to the UK have succeeded in falsely registering as underage upon arrival - while in fact allegedly aged 30 or older. Under 18s are eligible for special protections, now the UK government says it wants to crack down on potential exploitation of this loophole.
A six-year-old Afghan child, Yusuf, was killed last month when security forces shot at a minibus carrying migrants in eastern Turkey. No one has been held to account for his death.
Violence, harassment, and discrimination against Syrian refugees are rising in Lebanon, following growing tensions due to a lack of bread, warns Save the Children.
Youngsters, little more then children, incarcerated and tried like adults, are being charged as 'smugglers' upon their arrival in Italy. While the real human traffickers remain in Libya. The Italian news agency ANSA has collected some of their stories.
A recreational space for minors was inaugurated in the town of Acate, Sicily. The project’s mission is to contrast educational poverty in a geographic area characterized by the presence of greenhouses employing migrant agricultural laborers.
IOM, UNHCR, and UNICEF have urged EU states to put an end to the detention of migrant and refugee children, and have provided new recommendations for alternatives to the practice.
A four-year-old boy has been killed after security forces in east Turkey fired shots at a vehicle carrying a group of migrants.
A hostel in Rwanda is reportedly finalizing preparations to accommodate children under the UK's controversial plans to deport asylum seekers to the African nation. Meanwhile, the scheme has attracted further criticism after further details emerged.
On Wednesday, the organization Alarm Phone alerted the Greek authorities to a group of 29 migrants reportedly stuck on an uninhabited island near Lesbos. One woman in the group had reportedly given birth to a baby overnight.