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Refugee and migrant children

Press release
05/21/2020
COVID-19: Dangers mount for migrant children forcibly returned to northern Central America and Mexico during pandemic
Virus fears compound existing discrimination and violence for returned migrant children, leaving them doubly at risk, UNICEF warns
Statement
04/29/2020
COVID-19 & Immigration Detention: What Can Governments and Other Stakeholders Do?
Statement by the United Nations Network on Migration
Statement
04/20/2020
As COVID-19 pandemic continues, forcibly displaced children need more support than ever
Joint statement by Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, and Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Statement
04/01/2020
COVID-19 pandemic could devastate refugee, migrant and internally displaced populations without urgent international action
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
Statement
03/20/2020
COVID-19 does not discriminate; nor should our response
Statement by the United Nations Network on Migration
Father and son cross through the Darien Gap
Press release
03/05/2020
Panama sees more than seven-fold increase in number of migrant children crossing through Darien Gap
Nearly 24,000 people from more than 50 nationalities, 16 per cent of whom are children, crossed the dangerous jungle in 2019
Statement
03/03/2020
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
On 10 December 2014 outside of La Casa del Migrante, a catholic shelter that supports migrants near the Lechería Train Station, in the municipality of Tultitlan, State of Mexico, Maria [NAME CHANGED], 16 (on right), from Honduras travels north with her younger siblings, expecting to cross the border to the United States to reunite with her family.
Press release
03/02/2020
Lack of quality data compounds risks facing millions of refugee and migrant children
UNICEF, IOM, UNHCR, OECD, countries and other partners join forces to protect children through the International Data Alliance on Children on the Move
Press release
02/01/2020
Mexico: An estimated 700 migrant children stranded in Matamoros near U.S. border
UNICEF expanding access to protection, psychosocial, water and sanitation services for children and families in need
© Kevin Frayer, Getty Images
Press release
09/11/2019
UNICEF and World Press Photo Foundation launch joint exhibition showcasing the impact of migration on children
The curated exhibition will be displayed at UNICEF headquarters in New York from 10 September to 30 November 2019 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child