Refugee and migrant children

Refugee sister and brother playing in a toy house donated to the refugee and migrant centre in Serbia by UNICEF Serbia and EU

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The refugee and migrant crisis

One third of the refugees and migrants who have arrived in Europe are children.

15/01/2019

Refugee boy walking alone on a railway track

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Emergencies

UNICEF works to protect and assist children during emergencies.

29/04/2018

Sisters Sara, aged 13 (left) and Spozhmai, aged 15 (right)

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Jewellery made of memories

Thirteen-year-old Sara and two years older Spozhmai are sisters who left their hometown in Afghanistan three years ago when they started their long journey.

08/05/2019

Mohamed Tajik (13) with his book in Farsi

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The book you don’t leave behind

The journey has taken Mohamed (13) from his hometown of Herat in Afghanistan through Iran, Turkey and Greece to Serbia.

18/02/2019

Nilufar (13) with the photograph and the headscarf she has with her wherever she goes

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A Headscarf and a photograph as the only precious things

Nilufar (13), an Afghan by origin, has never lived in the country of her origin.

22/01/2019

Lina, aged 9, with a dress she got from her grandma

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Wool dress – the warmest memory

The journey took Lina and her family from Afghanistan through Turkey and Bulgaria to Serbia. She remembers the cold weather and the big, endless dark forest

18/12/2018