Bringing play-based learning to refugee children
On Wednesday the LEGO Foundation announced it’s $100 million grant to ensure that young children affected by the Rohingya and Syrian crises are able to learn through play. The recipient of the grant, Sesame Workshop, will work...Read more
Dutch refugee centres ‘must do more for children’
Living conditions for children in Dutch refugee centres do not meet standards set by international children’s rights treaties, particularly for privacy, according to a new report. Drawn up on behalf of refugee settlement agency COA and...Read more
Child rights bodies call for new approach to EU migrant detention
A number of children’s rights advocacy bodies have joined a group of 53 organisations across Europe in raising concerns over proposed new Council of Europe rules for the administrative detention of migrants. The group says that a fundamentally...Read more
“Those who grew up whispering”
With Europe facing some of its biggest challenges since the end of the war, this VE Day (8 May) Eleni Karasavvidou reflects on the research of WW2 historians into the plight of the continent’s children orphaned...Read more
New report links children’s mental health to climate change
A new research report has found links between rising incidences of natural disasters related to climate change and mental health problems in the populations affected, including, particularly, children and young people. Victoria Derr reports. Around the globe, children and families are...Read more
Evidence of children’s rights abuses at Greek refugee camp
A new report on the Schisto refugee camp in Greece raises serious concerns over children’s rights, with their safety, education and wellbeing all found to be at risk from conditions at the camp. Eurochild member for Greece, the...Read more
UNICEF says 28 million children displaced by global conflict
Some 28 million children around the globe have been driven from their homes by violent conflict, with nearly as many abandoning their homes in search of a better life, according to a UNICEF report released...Read more