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News - According to Save the Children charity, hundreds of unaccompanied minors face violence and abuse while traveling across the EU borders.
The charity says there are countless cases of suffered or witnessed atrocities, especially along the Balkans route.
A new report by the…
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[Greece] Greek islands: Concerning rise in severe mental health distress in both adults and children
News - After the fire in the camp Moria on the Greek island of Lesbos MSF has observed a rise in mental distress both in adults and children. This finding is no suprise as 3500 people live in Samos in unhumane conditions, mainly in self-made tents…
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News - The Guardian recently published an article on how the loss of right to family reunification will impact unaccompanied asylum seekers, who are waiting at the UK borders. The article coincided with the parliament vote on Lord Dub's, a former child refugee,…
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News - Unaccompanied minors from Calais are now forced to stay in accommodation centres with other adult refugees, found out the Independent as part of their Supporter Porgramme investigation. There are still hundreds of children in and around Calais, who are sleeping rough, are…
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News - A new European Court of Justice judgement states: 'The placement of asylum seekers or third-country nationals subject to a return decision shall be considered “detention” in transit zone Röszke, on the Serbian-Hungarian border, and therefore the detention cannot exceed…
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News - 'Restore legality to protect refugees and the society at large amidst the pandemic'
Open letter signed by 121 Organizations
To
The President of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou
The President of the Hellenic Parliament, Constantine An. Tassoulas
The Prime Minister of…
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News - Open Letter by 85 Organizations
To:
Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis
President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli
President of the European Council, Charles Michel
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen
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Open Letter
To: The Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Dear Prime Minister,
The organizations signing this letter have been engaged for many years in the field of human rights and humanitarian aid and are looking to…
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News - There were 4,501 unaccompanied children in Greece at the end of September and the numbers are rising, which give a big challenge to the country’s child protection mechanisms.
The Labor and Social Affairs Ministry tries to improve the circumstances for thousands of refugee…
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'Children Stuck in Limbo: Examining the Vulnerability of Unaccompanied Minors in Northern France' is a recent report published by Refugee Rights Europe in response to the dangerous situation in Calais, Northern France, where tightened border security has caused a bottleneck…
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News - "Upon return, families face similar challenges as the ones that pushed them to leave the country, such as poverty. Children are affected in particular."
Terre des hommes improves the reintegration of migrant children and their families from Albania…
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News - The VICE article on children trapped in Spanish enclaves paints a powerful picture of the experience of one of the most vulnerable groups: unaccompanied refugee and migrant children.
Spain has seen many cases of migrant children coming recently. They are known as…
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News - Save the Children Italy has published a report providing an updated overview of the trafficking and exploitation systems of minors in Italy, with a special focus on sexual exploitation. The 13th edition of the report was published days ahead of the World Day Against…
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News - In 2016, UNICEF reported that more than 50 million children had been displaced, from which, 28 million were fleeing violence and insecurity. Children are often separated from their families, or they travel alone, making them targets for trafficking, smuggling, kidnapping,…
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Event - The conference on the project" Evidence Based Trauma Stabilization (EBTS). Two training programs for the stabilization of traumatized children among refugees, asylum seekers and immigrant families, funded by Erasmus + " will be held on 10th April at 09:30 in Corpus 1, 409…
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News - The Pulitzer Center articles paints a unique picture about the challenges unaccompanied refugee minors in Greece face, explaining how the system in place fails them and what can be done to improve the situation.
The article tells a story about 16-year-old Fayaz who is…
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Multimedia - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees had most recently published an infographic report illustrating migrant flows towards Italy.
The Infographic highlights the following:
(2017) From January 1 to July 2= 84,832 arrivals (2016) January 1 to…
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Webinar - About the webinar:
This is a joint webinar with the Destination Unknown Campaign and Terre des Hommes on child rights within the UN Global Compacts.
At last September’s high-level Summit for Refugees and Migrants, the UN General Assembly adopted the New…
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Webinar - About the webinar:
This is a joint webinar with the Destination Unknown Campaign and Terre des Hommes on child rights within the UN Global Compacts.
At last September’s high-level Summit for Refugees and Migrants, the UN General Assembly adopted the New…
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Online library - On 18 March 2016, an agreement signed between the EU and Turkey introduced an obligation for the latter to readmit all irregular migrants -whether persons not applying for asylum or rejected asylum seekers- reaching the Greek islands from Turkish shores. In…
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Online library - The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) launches a report, co-authored by Robtel Neajai Pailey, as part of the EU project complementing the Migrants in Countries in Crisis(MICIC) initiative, a government-led multi-…
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Multimedia - The United Nations has compiled some infographics based on official data sources on migrants and refugees worldwide.
According to the data, the number of refugees and migrants has significantly increased in the past 15 years, along with the number of people losing…
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Online library - This booklet summarizes the findings of the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on the detention of migrant children. It includes figures on the global extent of this phenomenon and suggestions about alternative approaches to migration governance.
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Multimedia - IOM’s Missing Migrants Project reports migrant and refugee fatalities in the Mediterranean have already surpassed the total for the first eight months of 2015. The project recorded the deaths of 3,176 migrants and refugees through Sunday (8 August), including some 50…
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Online library - The full text of the UN General Assembly Draft Declaration for the High Level Meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants.
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Multimedia - Nick Barnets reports for DW on efforts taken by local communities on the Greek island of Lesvos to help refugees, particularly families with small children, fleeing from violence in Syria. The continued economic crisis in Greece has crippled its responses to the…
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Online library - Across Europe there are laws, policies and practices that fail to protect – or even directly violate – the rights of migrant children. While there are important protection frameworks for some groups of migrant children – such as asylum-seeking, unaccompanied, or…
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Multimedia - Protecting undocumented children: Promising policies and practices from governments
PICUM (Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Children) has published a report ‘Protecting undocumented children: Promising policies and practices from governments…
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Event - Protection and advocacy of children's rights is one of the priorities of the Estonian Government and the Estonian Chairmanship in the Council of Europe. Estonia is committed to mainstreaming children's rights on all levels of society, not only among stakeholders and…
