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.
A 15-year-old Afghan minor has been killed at the Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesbos during a violent brawl. The UN refugee agency UNHCR has in response called on the Greek government to urgently transfer migrant youths away to safe areas.
After more than two weeks, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has allowed 27 minors to disembark a migrant rescue vessel. Others on board have not been authorized to leave the boat.
Ousmane, Ibrahim and Moussa were officially recognized as unaccompanied minors in Paris before they were transferred to another area in France due to overcrowding. But things didn’t go as planned for the three boys, aged between 15 and 16, as they found themselves unprotected and back on the streets.
Earlier this year, InfoMigrants managed to communicate with an Ivorian minor locked up in a house in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. For several days, the 16-year-old called Mariam* recounted her experiences in captivity including repeated rapes, her fear of falling pregnant and her dreams of reaching Europe. But then there was silence. Here's an animated account of Mariam's horrific story.
Unaccompanied minor refugees and migrants in Greece are at risk of violence and abuse and often live in catastrophic conditions, a new report by the Germany-based organization "Equal Rights Beyond Borders" finds.
What are the risks, vulnerabilities, dreams and needs of unaccompanied minors of foreign origin hosted in Italian migrant reception centers? This was the question that a joint report by the Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents (AGIA) and the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) tried to answer.
The Serbian government has said that 451 unaccompanied minors are currently living in the country. The latest figures released show that there are between 3,500 and 4,000 migrants in Serbia.
UNICEF said that of the over 683,000 asylum requests made in 2018 in EU countries, some 19,700 had been filed by unaccompanied minors. The UN organization called on Italy to pass laws that will help protect young asylum seekers.
The situation remains stalled for 75 migrants aboard a tugboat off the Tunisian coast of Zarzis, while the vessel waits for authorization to enter the port. The Bangladeshi ambassador to Libya is reportedly working to convince 64 Bangladeshis to accept voluntary repatriation.
To mark World Refugee Day this June, the UNHCR is encouraging people around the world to count the steps they walk, run and cycle and register on a website. The aim? To cover the distance that refugees are forced to walk every year in order to reach safety. The campaign aims to honor the efforts families make to survive, the UNHCR says.
Hundreds of children in Greece are in desperate need of the warmth and safety of a family. Some of them have lost their own parents on treacherous migration routes to Europe, leaving them alone and vulnerable. A non-governmental organization, METAdrasi, runs a foster care program for these children so that they can stay in a secure and loving environment while they wait for family reunification with their relatives in other states of the EU.