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Refugee and migrant children

A boy who is an unaccompanied minor looks across the beach in Trabia, Italy, on May 14, 2016. He lives at Rainbow, a government administered centre for unaccompanied boys that provides shelter, food, education and legal help for unaccompanied asylum seekers in Trabia, Sicily. Of the 150,000 migrants and refugees who arrived in Italy in 2015, the vast majority of people are coming from West Africa.
Press release
14 July 2023
Eleven children die every week attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean Sea migration route – UNICEF
So far in 2023, an estimated 11,600 children made the dangerous crossing. The majority were alone or separated from their parents.
A girl stands in front, her mother behind her holding a baby. Inside a tent, they hold open the door, looking out with anticipation.
Press release
15 June 2023
Number of displaced children reaches new high of 43.3 million
The mounting number highlights a global failure to address the drivers of displacement and provide long-term solutions for children on the move, UNICEF warns ahead of World Refugee Day
On 31 August 2022, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Muzoon Almellehan sits with Ahla, 8, during an Arabic learning support class at a UNICEF-supported Makani centre in East Amman, Jordan.
Press release
01 September 2022
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Muzoon Almellehan returns to Jordan to meet refugees affected by the COVID-19 education crisis
Nearly a decade since Syrian education activist Muzoon first arrived in Jordan as a young refugee, she returns at the beginning of a new academic year to inspire children to get back to learning following one of the world’s longest school closures
Ruba, facilitating an ice-breaking session among her students
Article
17 July 2022
Deeply Moved to Teach Displaced Syrian Children
How Ruba is empowering a new generation to learn
On 12 April 2022 in Ashti camp, Arbat City, Iraq, 10-month-old Shahad Mahmood (sitting in the lap of her grandmother) gets ready to receive a routine immunisation at her home.UNICEF-supported teams in Iraq providing holistic healthcare services including:
Article
26 June 2022
Reaching Iraq’s displaced children with essential vaccines
Health workers go door-to-door, meeting with families in displacement camps.
A young girl stands in line and looks at the camera.
Press release
19 June 2022
Nearly 37 million children displaced worldwide – highest number ever recorded
Ahead of World Refugee Day, UNICEF urges governments to strengthen protection and access to services for refugee, migrant and displaced children
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Statement
23 December 2021
Two children die and another two still missing in deadly shipwrecks off Libya’s coast
From Lana Wreikat Acting Special Representative, UNICEF Libya
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Press release
13 April 2021
16 migrant children dead off the coast of Djibouti, and 27 adults, after boat capsizes
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Statement
13 August 2020
Eight children die in Al Hol camp, northeastern Syria in less than a week
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
UNICEF Executive Director doing crafts with a child
Press release
07 March 2020
Lifeline for Syria’s children must continue
UNICEF chief says at end of Gaziantep trip