UNICEF: 1 in 4 migrants arriving in Europe are children
8 May 2019
A new UN report says that more children are arriving in Europe through the dangerous Mediterranean routes than ever before. The report by the United […]
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U.N. to Malta: drop terrorism charges against African migrants accused of hijacking tanker
8 May 2019
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights office called on Malta on Tuesday to drop terrorism charges against three African teenage migrants arrested for […]
Vaccines are saving millions of lives of children in Somalia: urgent need to scale up routine immunization programme
7 May 2019
From the moment we’re born, we’re all at risk of contracting diseases. So the question is, are we aware enough? Are we responsible enough? Are […]
Charity: Iraq excludes 45,000 children born under IS rule
2 May 2019
An estimated 45,000 children in Iraq who were born under the rule of the Islamic State group are being excluded from society because the government denies […]
Agreement Allows 2,700 Children in Central America to Join Parents in U.S.
16 April 2019
A federal court settlement announced on Friday would allow almost 2,700 children living in Central America to safely reunite with their parents, who are […]
Three teens charged in Malta over refugee ship hijacking
1 April 2019
Maltese authorities file ‘terror’ charges against teens accused of seizing control of merchant ship that rescued them. Authorities in Malta have charged three teenagers with committing an […]
Our Chess Champion Has a Home
25 March 2019
The 8-year-old refugee who last week was thrilled to have a trophy suddenly has so much more. Tanitoluwa Adewumi, age 8, skidded around the empty […]
This 8-year-old chess champion will make you smile
18 March 2019
In a homeless shelter in Manhattan, an 8-year-old boy is walking to his room, carrying an awkward load in his arms, unfazed by screams from […]
Burkina Faso: the country where it’s too dangerous to go to school
12 March 2019
Desks and chairs are piled up in the corner of a school with no children. On the blackboard, the date has been written down: 15 […]
Some Child Soldiers Get Rehabilitation, Others Get Prison
11 March 2019
He was just a 14-year-old schoolboy when the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) took over his city, Mosul, in northern Iraq. His school […]
‘Do you ever think about me?’: the children sex tourists leave behind
5 March 2019
Their fathers visited the Philippines to buy sex: now a generation of children want to track them down. Brigette Sicat will not be going to […]
Stateless Rohingya refugee children living in ‘untenable situation’, UNICEF chief
28 February 2019
With around half a million in effect, stateless Rohingya refugee children living in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar camp, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief stressed […]
A pediatrician exposes suicide tips for children hidden in videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids
27 February 2019
Free Hess, a pediatrician and mother, had learned about the chilling videos over the summer when another mom spotted one on YouTube Kids. She said that minutes […]
‘We are now free’: Yazidis fleeing Isis start over in female-only commune
26 February 2019
In Jinwar, north-eastern Syria, a pioneering group of women is rebuilding their lives away from the constraints of patriarchy. Berivan runs over to join in […]
Trump administration still separating families at border, advocates say
13 February 2019
The Trump administration is still tearing young children away from their parents when they cross the US-Mexico border unlawfully, despite formally ending the policy of family separations […]
International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers: Joint statement by EU High Representative & Special Representative for Children & Armed Conflict
12 February 2019
On the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European […]
Safer Internet Day: how to prevent bullying and harassment for the over 70 per cent of young people online worldwide?
5 February 2019
Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the creation of the World Wide Web, it’s time for […]
The US detention center where sick children receive ‘the bare minimum’
17 January 2019
At the Berks Family Residential Center, an immigrant detention facility in Leesport, Pennsylvania, advocates and former detainees say it’s normal for children held there to have […]
Migration surge leaves children stranded, begging on Djibouti’s streets
16 January 2019
Begging, scrubbing cars or selling themselves on the street for sex are a way of life for many children in Djibouti, according to a survey […]
‘The Taliban Made Me Fight’: What to Do With Child Recruits After They Serve Time?
15 January 2019
KABUL, Afghanistan — The 14-year-old boy squatted on his haunches on the floor of the prison and, unbidden, began to chant the verses of a […]
Plight of Migrant Children in Spain Prompts Alarm
14 January 2019
Three months ago, Spanish officials estimated there were 10,000 unaccompanied minors living in the country — 70 percent of them Moroccan. But more than 11,000 […]
At 21, this aerospace engineering student, former refugee has created her first invention
14 January 2019
Three years ago, Ms. Bakarian was sitting in Lebanon, part of a family of four Syrian refugees facing an uncertain future with hope of making […]
GameChangers 2018: Venezuelan Migration a New Gold Mine for Organized Crime
8 January 2019
Turbulence reigned in 2018, but there was one constant: the flow of Venezuelans fleeing their country. The unceasing migration has left thousands of people homeless, […]
Malala Yousafzai: “We have a lot to learn” from refugees
7 January 2019
“They’re courageous, they’re brave. They’re overcoming these difficulties.” The youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai, spoke to the women of “The View” about refugees on […]
7-year-old migrant girl taken into Border Patrol custody dies of dehydration, exhaustion
14 December 2018
A 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died of dehydration and shock after she was taken into Border Patrol custody last week for crossing from Mexico into […]
South Sudan: UN Senior Officials urge the Government to ensure accountability for sexual violence against women and girls in Bentiu
4 December 2018
South Sudan: UN Special Representatives on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Children and Armed Conflict and Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide urge the Government of […]
Philippine Police Officers Are Convicted in a Drug War Killing
30 November 2018
A Philippine court convicted three police officers on Thursday of the murder of a 17-year-old boy and sentenced them each to up to 40 years […]
Indigenous women kept from seeing their newborn babies until agreeing to sterilization, says lawyer
15 November 2018
Alisa Lombard, a lawyer representing a proposed class action, detailed the women’s accounts of being sterilized without proper and informed consent. “In the throes of […]
Boy Scouts in a war zone
5 November 2018
There are more boy scouts than peacekeepers in the Central African Republic. Even in the midst of a civil war, the scouts are arguably more […]
In their words: Children and young refugees living in camps on Greek islands
5 November 2018
So far this year, approximately 26,000 refugees and migrants have arrived on the Greek islands – approximately 37 percent of them are children. These children […]