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Migrant and refugee children in 2025 via mixed migration routes in Europe

An overview of trends for accompanied, unaccompanied and separated children from January to December 2025

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This joint UNHCR, UNICEF and IOM factsheet provides an overview of trends affecting migrant and refugee children arriving in Europe through mixed migration routes in 2025. It brings together the latest available data on arrivals, asylum, children’s journeys and protection risks, relocation, return and resettlement, with particular attention to unaccompanied children.