On August 15, 2021, the Taliban overthrew Ashraf Ghani's government and seized power in Afghanistan. One year later, the country is facing multiple challenges that demand immediate global attention.
A total of 3,589 children have disappeared in Italy so far this year, the Italian government said on International Missing Children's Day on Wednesday. Only one third of those missing are Italian nationals.
Two-time Cannes winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's new film "Tori and Lokita" is a call for the EU to do a better job in protecting the most vulnerable: child migrants.
Charities have raised concerns over the welfare of lone refugee children in the UK, who have been placed in accommodation by the Home Office.
UNICEF reached 7,000 refugee and migrant children and teens in 2021 through its program in Italy, the organization said in an annual report released on Monday, April 11.
Young migrants and refugees at the Pournara reception camp in Cyprus face 'miserable' and 'unhygienic' conditions and do not get enough to eat or drink, the country's children’s rights commissioner says. The interior ministry has rejected the claims.
The Italian branch of UNICEF has announced that a watchdog body will soon be set up to prevent health-related harm resulting from child labor. About 28,000 children are believed to be working in the country, half of them are unaccompanied migrant minors.
UNICEF Italia's spokesperson, Andrea Iacomini, has harshly criticized European countries following reports that a child froze to death in the border region between Belarus and Poland. "We can't just say 'enough' -- now we are waiting for a concrete gesture," he said.
The French government announced on Wednesday that it will ask the departments to temporarily continue to support young people who have come of age and are dependent on the Aide Sociale à l'Enfance (ASE), the social assistance scheme for children in France.
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Freshta Karimi, an Afghan lawyer and rights activist whose work has earned her repeated threats from the Taliban, was named the winner of a top human rights prize in Paris on Tuesday.
According to a UNHCR study, underage refugees are missing out on years of schooling beyond the standard elementary level. This results in longterm problems such as poorer job prospects.
In France a biometric system is increasingly being used to register young migrants who want to be recognized as unaccompanied minors. Aid groups worry this will result in more young minors being sent directly to detention centers and inaccurate assessments.