EU-Unicef project to protect 20,000 minors in Italy
'Protect', a project promoted by UNICEF and the European Union, has been launched to benefit over 20,000 refugee and migrant children, teens, youths and women in Italy.
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Save the Children slams EU for 'selective welcome' of migrants
The global charity has called out the EU for its double standards on how it treats Ukrainian refugee children versus children of other nationalities. Save the Children said Europe's treatment of Ukrainian refugees shows that it's possible to offer all children fleeing violence a safe and legal route to safety.
French artist JR's show on refugee kids opens in Turin
The French artist JR has brought photos of children he met on visits to refugee camps in locations including Rwanda and Greece to Turin in northern Italy. The exhibition runs until July 16.
Ukrainian refugee kids face a challenge in German schools
How refugee children are educated in Germany depends on where they live. And that can have far-reaching consequences.
Unaccompanied 4-year-old girl reaches Lampedusa
A four-year-old girl has reached Lampedusa without her family on an overcrowded migrant boat. Her parents and sister were left behind in Tunisia after the boat left in a hurry. A children's rights activist brought attention to the case on social media.
UNHCR: Too many refugee children lack access to education
Only 68% percent of refugee children have access to primary school education, and only 37% to secondary school education, according to a new report by UNHCR.
East and Horn of Africa: Most migrants female
There are more than 6 million migrants and refugees in East Africa and the Horn of Africa, according to UN migration agency IOM. Just over 50% of them are women and girls. Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia all host more than one million foreign citizens. More than 10 million people in the region have been internally displaced.
Greece: Parents of Syrian child who died stranded in Evros testify in court
"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".
Fatal shooting of teenager raises concerns over police brutality in Germany
A police officer shot a 16-year-old unaccompanied minor several times with a submachine gun in front of a youth welfare facility in the German city of Dortmund. The shooting has prompted protests and questions in Germany.
150,000 Ukrainian students now attending school in Germany
More than five months after the beginning of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, over 150,000 Ukrainian students are registered in German schools. The news comes as the number of refugees who've fled Ukraine reached the ten million mark this week.
Scotland houses Ukrainian refugees on cruise ship
Scotland has started to house Ukrainian refugees who fled the Russian invasion on a cruise ship docked off Edinburgh, the devolved Scottish government has said.
Refugees remain stranded at Brussels transit center
A transit center for Ukrainian refugees in Brussels has hit a record number of residents. Many residents have remained there for several weeks, amid a worsening housing crisis in the Belgian capital.