More children are having to migrate because of climate change: Here are 9 principles the UN proposes for protecting them
In May 2002, Kofi Annan, the late Secretary-General of the United Nations, presided over the first General Assembly special session on children, insisting that the UN discuss the ‘future we’re preparing with them, not for...Read more
More ‘safe spaces’ on the way for migrant children and families in Colombian cities
Migrant and refugee children in three Colombian cities will soon be able to access ‘safe spaces’ thanks to work led and now expanded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation.Read more
UK councils offered cash to take in asylum-seeking children for the long term
City councils and other UK local authorities are being offered cash incentives to take in extra asylum-seeking children (UASC) on a long term basis.Read more
‘These children escaped physical harm but but we need to protect their mental health’
In a surprise visit to meet his home country children who’ve been forced to flee war, Ukrainian football Andriy Shevchenko has made an impassioned plea for more mental health support for young refugees.Read more
Council of Europe: ‘Cities must do all they can to protect child refugees’
The Council of Europe (CoE), which oversees the implementation of human rights across the continent, has urged cities to do all they can to protect refugee children.Read more
More than 1 million children have now fled Ukraine
More than one million children have now fled the war in Ukraine, and most have gone with their families to neighbouring countries such as Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova and Romania, according to children’s charity UNICEF.Read moreHomeless refugee children in Greece find new lives across Europe
Legislative changes in Greece and a relocation programme have helped hundreds of unaccompanied refugee children get off the streets.Read more
City residents and urban refugees: from shared living to shared futures
Tools used to document the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in one of Nairobi’s largest informal settlements are also being used to chart how the lockdowns disproportionately affected displaced people.Read more
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 moreFinland 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