The UK government policy to charge overseas visitors and those without papers in the UK for national health services (NHS) is putting vulnerable migrants at risk, say midwives in a new report from Maternity Action and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
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.
Private rescue missions are increasingly facing rejection by ports in Italy and now Malta. One particular vessel, the Ocean Viking, is now prepared for all emergencies on board because of this — including pregnancies and births.
Save the Children reports that at least 33 children have been killed in the northwestern province of Idlib in Syria since June 24. That's more than the 31 killed during the entire year of 2018. The charity calls for an end to the violence against civilians.
The Italian Foreign Ministry and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) are undertaking a humanitarian project to provide treatment in Genoa and Tunis for 10 seriously ill children.
A Libyan middle school student in Italy chose to tell the story of her life as a migrant for her end-of-the-year school project. Her family arrived in Baronissi, Italy, via the Italian asylum seekers and refugee protection system SPRAR.
The UN agency for migration IOM has opened a new recreational center for minors in Niger to support families and help the reintegration of children returnees.
A new report says that children from Vietnam trafficked to the UK are often exploited by human smugglers and forced to work in nail salons and as prostitutes. Europe is ill-equipped to identify and handle the victims.
A new project aims to bring medical support to the most vulnerable Libyan children. It's sponsored by Terre des Hommes and Mediterranean Hope and financed by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.
The UN agencies UNHCR and UNICEF have urged action to put an end to child statelessness in Europe. According to them, about 2,100 children were registered as stateless in 2017, a four-fold increase compared to 2010.
Unicef and the Lego Foundation have launched an initiative in Jordan to help young Syrian refugee children living in the country and local children. The goal: To help the youngsters learn through play, Lego brick by Lego brick.
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.