Migrant and refugee crisis

Children at a kindergarten in Kyrgyzstan take part in a drill to learn about safety in an emergency situation.

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Emergencies

Read how we work to protect children in emergencies.

19/10/2017

A young girl stands outside her family tent in Nizip 1 refugee camp, Gaziantep, southern Turkey.

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Refugee and migrant children

Read how we support refugee and migrant children and their families.

18/10/2017

Youssouf (17) at the reception centre where he stays in Naro, in Sicily

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More than 6,100 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children in Italy in need of community and family-based care – UNICEF

Agency calls for investments to increase alternative care

05/12/2019

Press release

60,000 young refugees and migrants who arrived in Italy alone need ongoing support through transition to adulthood – UN Agencies

Key challenges include discrimination, difficulty finding work, administrative bottlenecks and lack of legal information

08/11/2019

Report

Unaccompanied and separated children in Italy

Research Report

07/11/2019

Refugee and migrant children in a classroom in Greece.

Press release

Over 40,000 refugee and migrant children and women in Greece supported by UNICEF with European Union funding

23/05/2019

On 27 August, a group of people walk on dirt road near the town of Gevgelija in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Press release

Refugee and migrant children and youth report severe deprivations while on the move

UNICEF releases alarming data from poll of nearly 4,000 refugee and migrant children and youth ahead of Global Compact for Migration Summit in Marrakech

07/12/2018

Children and young women living in Moria Reception and Identification Centre in Lesvos, Greece.

Press release

Refugee and migrant children arriving on Greek Islands up by one-third in 2018 - UNICEF

Over 7,000 children have made the dangerous journey by sea, with most ending up in overcrowded and unsafe facilities.

21/09/2018

Mother and daughter painting together during a UNICEF supported activity in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Article

Interpretation4Education

Giving schools and families a voice through a new school interpreters programme in Greece.

19/07/2018

Father Barzan Hassan, from Iraq, holds one-year old Yamar, outside their shelter in Ritsona refugee camp near Chalcis, Greece.

Statement

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the end of the negotiations of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

13/07/2018

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