Refugee and migrant children

One third of the refugees and migrants who have arrived in Europe are children. UNICEF is responding to the needs of all uprooted children at every stage of their journey, urging governments to protect their rights.

On 8 March 2020, children line up for fruit juice behind a barbwire fence in the Reception and Identification Centre in Moria, on the island of Lesvos, in Greece.
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