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 crisis

Children on the move from Africa do not first aim to go to Europe, new UNICEF study shows - 25 July 2017

Mediterranean rescue vessels must not be prevented from saving refugee and migrant children at sea - 17 July 2017

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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 region

Countries meet to accelerate progress in maternal and newborn health in Central Asia and the Caucasus - 20 July 2017

Peacebuilding programme for youth launched by UNICEF and the UK Government in Kyrgyzstan - 18 July 2017

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