Refugees

Bangladesh. Rohingya children wash their hands.

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Geneva Palais briefing note on UNICEF response to COVID-19 in Rohingya refugee camps as first coronavirus case confirmed

15/05/2020

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

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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

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

Statement

The United Nations Network on Migration Commemorates First Anniversary of the Adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

11/12/2019

Italy. Migrants sit in a village in rural Sicily.

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60,000 young refugees and migrants who arrived in Italy alone need ongoing support as they transition to adulthood – UN Agencies

Key challenges include discrimination, difficulty finding work, administrative bottlenecks and lack of legal information

08/11/2019

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“I became strong because I had to”

A young migrant from Sierra Leone is using his voice to help others

23/10/2019

Bangladesh. Children recite a lesson in a learning space.

Press release

Shortfall in education opportunities deepens despair of refugee Rohingya youth

Two years after mass exodus from Myanmar, quality learning and life skills are crucial to more than 500,000 children sheltered in Bangladesh

16/08/2019

A boy stands in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

Press release

Rohingya refugee children in Cox’s Bazar at risk from flooding and landslides as monsoon rains continue

Education for over 60,000 children in camps and host community is disrupted because of damage to learning centres

09/07/2019

Article

For many Venezuelan children, hope begins at dawn

UNICEF and partners in Colombia are providing much-needed assistance to Venezuelans crossing the border

03/05/2019

On 25 February 2019 in Bangladesh, (left) UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore speaks (right) Rukaiya,11, at the Learning Centre Shikhon in the Camp 18 section of the Kutupalong-Balukhali mega-camp in the Cox's Bazar district. Rukaiya wants to be a teacher; she loves teaching others. She likes friends, teachers and classroom activities, especially interaction with her teacher, when she can give her opinion and feels it is valued. English is her favourite lesson.

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18 months after exodus from Myanmar, Rohingya children at a crossroads

Young Rohingya refugees in urgent need of education and skills

27/02/2019

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