This ChildHub infographic looks at demographics of the refugee population arriving in Europe with a special focus on women and girls. It also summarises the key problematic areas that make refugee women's and girls' experience even tougher due to the gender perceptions. 

 

SOURCES:
1) Women's Refugee Commission (2016) No Safety for Refugee Women on the European Route: Report from the Balkans.
2) UNHCR, UNFPA and WRC (2016) Initial Assessment Report: Protection Risks for Women and Girls in the European Refugee and Migrant Crisis.
3) IRC (2016) European Refugee Crisis: Urgent Action Needed for Protection of Women and Girls.
4) UN Women (2016 ) Gender Assessment of the Refugee and Migration Crisis in Serbia and fYR Macedonia.
5) Eurostat (2016) Asylum Applicants Considered to be Unaccompanied Minors by Citizenship, Age and Sex - Annual data. Accessed from: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-datasets/-/migr_asyunaa

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