Topic: #childmigrants

Vienna latest city to offer home to child migrants from Greek islands

Vienna says it wants to take in 100 children in need of protection from the refugee camps on the Greek islands. The Austrian capital is the latest EU city to offer a haven for unaccompanied migrant...Read more

14-09-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Finland and Portugal latest destinations for Greek migrant children

Portugal and Finland have together taken in a further 49 unaccompanied migrant children from Greece as part of a European Commission and United Nations partner agencies’ relocation scheme.Read more

10-07-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Luxembourg welcomes latest wave of unaccompanied child migrants

UN agencies say the latest relocation of a group of unaccompanied child migrants from Greece to Luxembourg is a demonstration of ‘humane and concrete’ European solidarity. Twelve children in all had been living for several months...Read more

20-04-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Germany urges EU colleagues to accept more migrants from Greece

Germany says it will shortly be taking in hundreds more unaccompanied minors from Greek migrant camps over the coming weeks, and has urged fellow EU countries to follow its example. Announced Germany’s intentions, Foreign Minister Heiko...Read more

09-04-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

EU plans for helping Greece relocate migrant children

The European Union’s human rights arm is proposing how EU member states can respond to the growing call to relocate unaccompanied migrant children from Greece. FRA, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, is concerned that there...Read more

19-03-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy