New center in Milan for underage migrants
A new center for unaccompanied migrant minors has been inaugurated in Milan. The facility can host and assist up to 12 children and teens.
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UNICEF says one in four migrant arrivals in 2019 is a minor
UNICEF said that in the first three months of 2019, 3,800 children arrived in Europe by sea and that one in every four migrant arrivals was a minor. In 2018, the figure was one in every five arrivals.
TV-series 'Eden': Migration on the small screen
Migration is the theme of a new mini-series, co-produced by French and German media. Under the title “Eden”, five different human stories across six episodes are woven together in an attempt to portray the extent that the current migration context has touched everyone’s lives in Europe.
Number of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in the EU dropped by more than one third in 2018
Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency, reports a sharp drop in the number of children and adolescents who fled to the EU by themselves last year. The total marks the third straight year of falling numbers.
From Iraq to Serbia: A Kurdish refugee starts a new life
Karox was 15 when he fled to Europe on foot - he was by himself. After years of going from one country to the next, he was eventually granted asylum in Serbia. He's found a job and feels good about his new life.
Migrant youths left homeless because of Salvini Decree, aid organization warns
Humanitarian organization Intersos has said that the implementation of the Salvini Decree has created an "emergency" because thousands of youths over the age of 18 can now no longer stay in reception centers. The situation in Sicily is reportedly particularly bad.
'One day, I’ll give back to the locals in Lesbos who’ve given me so much'
InfoMigrants met Hussein on his 18th birthday. Full of enthusiasm, the young man told us what brought him to Lesbos and his experience of being an unaccompanied minor on the Greek island.
In Florence, a project for unaccompanied minors
The Valdensian community and two foundations in Florence - CR Firenze and 'Il Cuore si scioglie' - have launched a project to support unaccompanied foreign minors through a range of courses including computer, Italian language, civics and theater classes.
The garden on Rue Pali-Kao: An anchor point for unaccompanied minors in Paris
Several times a week, the Midis du Mie collective organizes lunch distributions for unaccompanied foreign minors in the garden on Rue Pali-Kao in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. These meetings draw youth who are dealing with complicated administrative procedures, who sometimes speak little French, and who don’t know anyone in the city. The volunteers of the collective can identify them, guide them, and help the most vulnerable.
Three attacks in Catalonia on centers for unaccompanied minors
Three recent attacks on migrant centers hosting unaccompanied minors in Catalonia have raised concern about xenophobic trends in the region. Workers and migrants have been treated in the hospital and facilities have been damaged.
If you want good migration policies, ask the migrants
Migrants and refugees in Europe are too often excluded from participating in decisions that shape their lives, a group of migrant advocates says. The European Migrant Advisory Board set out to change that by asking hundreds of migrants for their views and recommendations on how policies should be shaped.
UNICEF says minor migrants in Spain lack protections
A report by UNICEF said that migrant children become more vulnerable when they enter the protection system in Spain. And that's despite the fact that minors in Spain are protected by policies for children and not the regular migration policies.