Refugee and migrant children

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

Programme

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

18/10/2017

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

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Governments should repatriate foreign children stranded in Syria before it’s too late

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

04/11/2019

Ibrahim Kondeh, a 20-year-old from Sierra Leone, stands outside the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome

Article

Ibrahim Kondeh, advocate for migrant youth in Italy

From Sierra Leone to Italy: a personal diary shows what it means to be a young migrant

22/10/2019

Elias, 7, prepares to read for the class at his school in Suruc Refugee Camp, Turkey.

Press release

UNHCR, UNICEF and IOM urge European states to boost education for refugee and migrant children

Key challenges include lack of school spaces, teachers not adequately trained, language barriers and limited access to psychosocial support

11/09/2019

Press release

More than 1,100 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children in Greece need urgent shelter and protection – UNICEF

European Member States urged to increase relocation pledges and fast-track family reunifications

29/08/2019

Video

Unaccompanied refugee children share dreams and despair

New film reinforces calls to accelerate support for unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children in Europe

29/08/2019

Refugee and migrant boys walk past abandoned ships in in Pozzallo, Sicily, in 2016.

Statement

Saving children stranded on the Mediterranean must be prioritized over politics

Statement attributable to Ms. Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia and Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant response in Europe

15/08/2019

Happiness, 19 years old, from Nigeria, participating in UPSHIFT with the team Celiacus, pitching the idea of producing gluten-free treats.

Article

Young people in Sicily are changing the migration narrative

Young migrants learning to navigate education, inclusion, employment and more

24/07/2019

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