Migrant and displaced children - UNICEF
UNICEF works around the world to help protect the rights of migrant and displaced children. We provide life-saving humanitarian supplies in refugee camps. We run child-friendly spaces – safe places where children on the move can play, where mothers can rest and feed their babies in private, where separated families can reunite.
Uprooted: The growing crisis for refugee and migrant children
This report presents – for the first time – comprehensive, global data about these children – where they are born, where they move and some of the dangers they face along the way. The report sheds light on the truly global nature of childhood migration and displacement, highlighting challenges faced by child migrants and refugees in every ...
UNICEF’s Agenda for Action for Refugee and Migrant Children
Many refugee and migrant children miss out on an education – and many lack access to health care and other essential services. UNICEF calls for increased collective efforts by governments, communities and the private sector to provide uprooted children with access to an education and health services, and to shelter, nutrition, water and ...
Latest statistics and graphics on refugee and migrant children
Migrant and asylum-seeking/refugee children are hosted in Temporary Reception Centres and other formal accommodation throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. Unaccompanied children were accommodated in Usivak, Bira, Miral, Borici, Sedra, and Blazuj Temporary Reception Centers. As of June 2020, a total of 817 migrant and asylum-seeking/ refugee ...
Refugee and migrant children in Europe - UNICEF
Refugee and migrant children – some travelling with their families, some alone – risk everything, even their own lives, in search of a better life. Millions of uprooted families flee their homes to escape conflict, persecution and poverty in countries …
Migrant and refugee children via mixed migration routes in …
Some 55,704 children arrived in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain between January and December 2023. Of these, 35,510 (64%) were unaccompanied or separated children (UASC), an increased by 58% compared to 2022.This factsheet is jointly produced by UNHCR, UNICEF and IOM with the aim to support evidence-based decision-making and advocacy on issues related to refugee and migrant ...
Six actions for refugee children - UNICEF
Countries must extend this welcome to all refugee children across all refugee crises. Governments must guarantee the universal right to seek and gain asylum and expand access to resettlement and other durable solutions to all refugees. 2. Recognize refugee children as children first and foremost – with rights to protection and participation.
Agenda for action for children on the move | UNICEF
Many migrant and displaced children miss out on an education and other essential services. UNICEF calls for increased collective efforts by governments, communities and the private sector to provide children on the move with access to an education, health, mental health, and social and child protection services that enhance their safety and ...
Child alert: Child migration in Latin America and the Caribbean
Sep 7, 2023 · In 2022, at least 92 migrant children died or went missing while moving through the region, more than any other year since 2014. These risks are compounded by the almost-complete lack of access to essential services like health care, nutrition, safe water, sanitation and protection. While in transit, migrant children might also be forced into ...
Refugee and migrant children - UNICEF
UNICEF Child and Family Support Hubs give refugee and migrant children and their families a safe space in which they can benefit from a variety of services – psychosocial support, structured play and learning, gender-based violence prevention and response, legal aid, information desk, case management support, referral to health care, and more ...