Europe and Central Asia

Two-year-old Dariy with his grandmother in their home in Krasnohorivka, eastern Ukraine.

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Surge in violent attacks during COVID-19 lockdown puts children’s lives at risk in eastern Ukraine

UN Children’s Agency calls for all parties to the conflict to join global ceasefire and end more than six years of fighting

22/05/2020

Kyrgyzstan. A teacher films a lesson for class.

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Lights, camera, action in Kyrgyzstan

Dedicated teachers are bringing remote learning closer to children

11/05/2020

Article

COVID-19 casts a new shadow over eastern Ukraine’s children

Despite six years of violence, many schools had managed to stay open. The coronavirus changed that

11/05/2020

Kosovo. A teenager in a wheelchair smiles.

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Time to reflect on children with disabilities

A teenager writes from quarantine about the feelings of isolation among many children with disabilities

04/05/2020

Greece. Unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children in ‘Section B’ at the Reception and Identification Centre in Moria in Lesvos.

Statement

UN agencies welcome first relocation of unaccompanied children from Greece

Agencies urge other EU Member States to also follow through on relocation pledges

15/04/2020

Italy. UNICEF-INTERSOS mobile team in Rome supporting migrants and refugees outside the formal reception system.

Blog post

COVID-19 support for refugee and migrant children in Italy

UNICEF is working with partners to help ensure the protection and inclusion of refugee and migrant children

06/04/2020

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Press release

UNICEF supplies arrive in Italy to support COVID-19 response

30/03/2020

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Statement

Protecting children must be top priority, in latest refugee surge response

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

03/03/2020

A child looks out at a bus near the Turkey-Greece border, at Pazarkule, in Edirne district in Turkey on 29 February 2020.

Statement

Protecting children must be top priority, in latest refugee surge response

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

03/03/2020

Press release

World failing to provide children with a healthy life and a climate fit for their future: WHO-UNICEF-Lancet

As climate and commercial threats intensify, WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission presses for radical rethink on child health

18/02/2020

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