Children face a greater risk than ever before of growing up surrounded by war, sexual abuse and recruitment into armed groups, a study by the charity Save the Children reported. Children in Africa are the most affected.
A UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has said that nearly nine years of conflict in Syria has robbed children of their dreams, reporting numerous rights violations committed by all sides involved in the conflict. The report entitled 'They have erased the dreams of my children' was released on Thursday.
UNICEF demands that Greece offer better protection to refugee and migrant minors. There are about 1,100 children currently housed in migrant camps and reception centers across the Greek islands — the highest number registered since April 2016.
The Save the Children organization has said that there are at least 1,660 victims of human trafficking in Italy, with ever more minors falling victim to the phenomenon.
Hardly any group with experiences of displacement is more vulnerable than females. Now, children’s rights organization Save the Children has called for more measures to strengthen the resilience of refugee women and girls in Germany. According to the NGO's new study, this would benefit the whole society.
The Children's Rights Committee of the Council of Europe said that in the migrant transit zones along the Serbian-Hungarian border, there is a lack of effective measures to protect child migrants and asylum seekers from sexual abuse.
The UN has called on Spain to protect a Cameroonian adolescent girl who fled a forced marriage with an elderly man. A medical examiner had declared her an adult despite evidence to the contrary and expelled her from a migrant center.
In the past two years, school-age migrant and refugee children have missed a combined 1.5 billion days of school, according to a new report by the UNESCO. While there have been positive developments in the inclusion of refugees and migrants in the classroom, there is still vast room for improvement.
On International Day of the Girl, a report by the aid group CARE says that more than 17 million girls have been displaced in the global refugee crisis. As well as being driven from their homes, these girl refugees face particular challenges, from violence and forced marriage to missing out on school.