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.
Women and girls account for 70 percent of global human trafficking victims, according to a United Nations report. Most victims are trafficked for sexual exploitation, with the report warning of "vast areas of impunity."
More than half of a group of 4,000 young migrants and refugees said they were forced to leave their country of origin, and 44% of them traveled alone, according to a new UNICEF survey.
About two out of every three children and young adults in over 20 European countries feel welcoming towards migrants, according to a report by UNICEF and Eurochild.
UNICEF said it has begun distributing clothing and shoes to migrant children hosted in reception centers in Serbia to help them face the approaching winter season.
UNICEF has sent 4.7 million vaccines to Libya to protect children at risk of disease. Measles and polio are the main preventable diseases threatening children, among them many refugees, in the conflict-torn country.
Stranded and hunger stricken residents of al-Rakban refugee camp near Jordan's border with Syria on Monday blamed the UN, Jordan and Syrian authorities for deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the desert camp, according to activists and camp residents. In an open letter, camp residents vilified UN secretary general Antonio Guterres, prime minister Omar al-Razaz and UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore after several deaths blamed on lack of medical attention and clean drinking water.
Food supplies getting to a camp at the border have been blocked by both Syrian and Jordanian forces. The tens of thousands who are there are at risk of starvation and malnutrition.
The number of child migrants and refugees arriving on the Greek islands is on the rise, most live in overcrowded and insecure shelters. The UN children's agency, UNICEF, has called for all children to be moved immediately to the mainland.
Italian families open their doors to unaccompanied minors: that's the idea behind the Terreferme project which has recently been launched. The first child to be entrusted to a family in Milan is called Momò.
Children account for at least 28% of human trafficking victims worldwide, a percentage that rises to between 62 to 64% in regions including sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and the Caribbean. UNICEF says that refugee children are especially vulnerable to trafficking.
The organizations Intersos and Unicef have drafted a guide to help unaccompanied foreign minors train for a job.