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Children in need of support as wildfires rage across Greece

Since July 2023, multiple wildfires across the country have claimed the lives of 27 people, including two children

UNHCR, UNICEF, IOM: deepest condolences for those involved in yet another shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea

Coordinated search and rescue mechanisms and safer and legal pathways for migration and asylum needed

A group of Gambian boys survey the ocean from the beach during an outing from a government hot spot–a reception center that doubles as a lodging station for unaccompanied minors in Pozzallo, Sicily, on May 17, 2016. They are frightened to swim, they said, after their harrowing boat journey from Libya.

Children drowning in the world’s inaction’ - UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note on the increase in children taking the Central Mediterranean Sea migration route

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Global Lead on Migration and Displacement Verena Knaus – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

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.

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.

The loss of children’s lives in the Mediterranean is an atrocity that will haunt these shores for years to come – UNICEF

Statement by UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office and Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Response in Europe a.i. Philippe Cori

A girl looks back at the camera as she and others walk along a road

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

Migrant children in Colombia

Reaching the final mile for all migrant children to access education (Colombia)

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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the lifting of Title 42

Lajas Blancas Migrant Reception Station, Darien, Panama, February 2023. Loida, a case manager, ensures that children receive support in Lajas Blancas. UNICEF and its partner RET provide support to children and adolescents with special protection needs.

Seven-fold increase in the number of children walking through the Panamanian jungle towards North America this year

Launch of UNICEF Child Alert - Ten million children in the central Sahel need humanitarian assistance amid spiralling conflict and punishing climate

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF spokesperson John James – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.