Refugee & Migrant Crisis
The world is facing the largest refugee crisis since World War II, with millions of families forced to flee their homes due to conflict and persecution in countries like Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. Amid this crisis, children are the most vulnerable of all. Every one of them is in need of protection and entitled to the rights guaranteed under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Latest on the crisisNew Rankin film puts spotlight on refugee and migrant children separated from their families - 13 September 2017 Up to three quarters of children and youth face abuse, exploitation and trafficking on Mediterranean migration routes - 12 September 2017 200,000 children needing psychosocial support in eastern Ukraine
More than 200,000 children – or 1 in 4 - in the two regions most severely affected by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine require urgent and sustained psychosocial support to address the trauma of living through more than three years of violence. Latest from the regionOnly 15 countries worldwide have three essential national policies that support families with young children - 21 September 2017 Nearly zero progress in reducing the global out-of-school rate over the past decade - 6 September 2017 All latest news.jpg)
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