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Migrant and refugee crisis

Children at a kindergarten in Kyrgyzstan take part in a drill to learn about safety in an emergency situation.
Programme
19 October 2017
Emergencies
Read how we work to protect children in emergencies.
 A young girl stands outside her family tent in Nizip 1 refugee camp, Gaziantep, southern Turkey.
Programme
18 October 2017
Refugee and migrant children
Read how we support refugee and migrant children and their families.
Yulia, from Kherson and her daughter, Emily
Article
14 April 2022
Yulia, the Ukrainian mother who saved her daughter
Now, everything Yulia wants is peace in the entire world, so children never have to hear the sound of explosions.
Childhood upended by war in Ukraine
Article
31 March 2022
Childhood upended by war in Ukraine
One month on, displaced children and their families are in desperate need of safety, stability and protection.
Afshan Khan at the Blue Dots Centre in Moldova
Blog post
23 March 2022
Inside the journey of Ukrainian refugee children & families
by Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, and the Special Coordinator for the Refuge and Migrant Response in Europe
Unaccompanied children
Press release
07 March 2022
Unaccompanied and separated children fleeing escalating conflict in Ukraine must be protected
Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
A girl holding a hand
Report
01 February 2022
Prospects for children in 2022: a global outlook
As we enter a third year of the pandemic, what can be done to improve children’s fortunes?

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Migrants at the sea
Statement
26 November 2021
UNICEF calls for urgent action to avoid further loss of life at sea
The latest shipwreck in the English Channel – where at least 27 people lost their lives - calls for swift and decisive collective action to protect the lives of migrants at sea
ABEL (not his real name) is an Eritrean boy transmitting to Europe. In Ventimiglia, Save the Children and UNICEF are jointly implementing an emergency programme to identify, support, and protect unaccompanied and separated children and young migrants and refugees.
Article
15 July 2021
The last step towards a better future
The UNICEF-supported mobile team of Save the Children meets Abel, a boy transiting into the town of Ventimiglia
A refugee mother and her children in Athens
Blog post
19 May 2021
Two mothers, two children and two safe spaces
The co-funded European Union ‘RM Child-Health’ initiative is helping to support safe and friendly spaces for mothers and children