Concern over safety of child refugees as numbers rise by 20%
1 year, 6 months ago

Concern over safety of child refugees as numbers rise by 20%

Dutch News  

The number of unaccompanied child asylum seekers living in short-term accommodation has increased by more than 20% in the last six weeks, latest figures show. It said the figures underscored the need for parliament to pass the so-called “spreading law”, which allows the government to overrule local authorities when identifying accommodation sites, to ensure the burden is shared evenly across the country. Suzanne Laszlo, director of Unicef Nederland, said unaccompanied children had little privacy, few prospects and nothing to do in emergency facilities. Unicef based its figures on information from the asylum accommodation agency COA, fostering organisation Nibos and the justice ministry.

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Unaccompanied child asylum seekers mistreated in guardian families
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3 days, 6 hours ago

Unaccompanied child asylum seekers mistreated in guardian families

NL Times  

Unaccompanied child asylum seekers are often neglected, starved, and otherwise mistreated in the foster families where the guardianship agency Nidos placed them, child protection workers and current and former Nidos employees told Zembla. Zembla spoke to dozens of sources working in and around the shelter of unaccompanied child asylum seekers, including child protection workers, Nidos employees, residential supervisors, and teachers. …

UNICEF urges nations to prioritize safety of migrant children after parents are lost in shipwrecks
2 months, 1 week ago

UNICEF urges nations to prioritize safety of migrant children after parents are lost in shipwrecks

Associated Press  

ROME — The U.N. children’s fund urged governments on Thursday to prioritize the safety of migrant children after the latest Mediterranean shipwreck left about 20 people missing and added to a gruesome annual tally. The agency noted that last month, an 11-year-old girl found floating off Lampedusa was believed to be the lone survivor of a migrant boat that had …

UNICEF sounds alarm on 150 million ‘invisible’ children worldwide
3 months ago

UNICEF sounds alarm on 150 million ‘invisible’ children worldwide

Firstpost  

The UN children’s agency in a new report estimated that 77 percent of children under age five have had their births registered in the last five years, up two percentage points from 2019 Despite recent progress in birth registration, some 150 million children worldwide remain “invisible,” deprived of legal identity and exposed to the risk of statelessness and rights violations, …

Poor neonatal care for asylum seekers is causing stress – medics
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Poor neonatal care for asylum seekers is causing stress – medics

Dutch News  

Pregnant asylum seekers are receiving substandard neonatal care, a highly critical report by the Erasmus medical centre in Rotterdam has concluded. Refugees and people living in asylum accommodation after they have secured the right to live in the Netherlands have to make their own way to neonatal clinics using public transport, but the poor connections cause unnecessary stress for mothers …

Hundreds of child refugees wrongly sent to adult detention centres by Home Office
1 year, 1 month ago

Hundreds of child refugees wrongly sent to adult detention centres by Home Office

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Findings by the charities show 14 young people spent up …

Concern over safety of child refugees as numbers rise by 20%
1 year, 6 months ago

Concern over safety of child refugees as numbers rise by 20%

Dutch News  

The number of unaccompanied child asylum seekers living in short-term accommodation has increased by more than 20% in the last six weeks, latest figures show. It said the figures underscored the need for parliament to pass the so-called “spreading law”, which allows the government to overrule local authorities when identifying accommodation sites, to ensure the burden is shared evenly across …

14 million children in Sudan are in dire need of humanitarian support, says UNICEF
1 year, 7 months ago

14 million children in Sudan are in dire need of humanitarian support, says UNICEF

CNN  

CNN — Fourteen million children are in “dire need” of humanitarian support in Sudan, the United Nation’s children’s agency warned on Friday, as a deadly conflict in the country deepens its hunger crisis. Almost 14 million children – a number roughly equivalent to every single child in Colombia, France, Germany, or Thailand – are in dire need of humanitarian support,” …

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died
1 year, 9 months ago

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died

The Hindu  

About 300 infants, toddlers and older children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan's capital after being trapped there while fighting raged outside, aid officials said on June 8. About 300 children at the Al-Mayqoma orphanage in Khartoum were transferred to a “safer location” elsewhere in the northeastern African nation, said Ricardo Pires, a spokesman for the UN children's …

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died
1 year, 9 months ago

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died

Associated Press  

CAIRO — About 300 infants, toddlers and older children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan’s capital after being trapped there while fighting raged outside, aid officials said Thursday. About 300 children at the Al-Mayqoma orphanage in Khartoum were transferred to a “safer location” elsewhere in the northeastern African nation, said Ricardo Pires, a spokesman for the U.N. children’s …

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died
1 year, 9 months ago

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died

ABC  

About 300 infants, toddlers and older children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan's capital after being trapped there while fighting raged outside, aid officials say. Key points: Among the children who died at the facility were babies as young as three months, according to activists in the area Causes of death include circulatory collapse, as well as fever, …

Children seeking asylum were ‘kidnapped from Home Office hotels’, investigation claims
2 years, 1 month ago

Children seeking asylum were ‘kidnapped from Home Office hotels’, investigation claims

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Children seeking asylum are being abducted in their dozens from …

‘Unacceptable crisis’ of lone children in asylum hotels needs urgent action, councils say
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Unacceptable crisis’ of lone children in asylum hotels needs urgent action, councils say

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government needs to urgently act on the “unacceptable crisis” …

Thousands of lone migrant children housed in hotels
2 years, 4 months ago

Thousands of lone migrant children housed in hotels

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Home Office is effectively running “unregistered children’s homes”, a …

Hundreds of child refugees ‘mistaken for adults’ due to ‘hasty’ Home Office decisions, charity warns
2 years, 5 months ago

Hundreds of child refugees ‘mistaken for adults’ due to ‘hasty’ Home Office decisions, charity warns

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of child refugees are at “risk of abuse” because …

Almost 50 unaccompanied child migrants have gone missing since arriving in UK
2 years, 8 months ago

Almost 50 unaccompanied child migrants have gone missing since arriving in UK

The Telegraph  

Nearly 50 unaccompanied child migrants have disappeared from hotel accommodation after arriving in the UK amid fears trafficking gangs are exploiting a surge in crossings. Figures show child migrants are going missing from Home Office-approved hotels at alarming rates, fuelling fears that they are being picked up and put to work by the traffickers who brought them to Britain. New …

Refugee agencies sound alarm about Ukrainian teens in NL without parents
2 years, 9 months ago

Refugee agencies sound alarm about Ukrainian teens in NL without parents

Dutch News  

At least 170 Ukrainian youngsters under the age of 18 have fled the war to the Netherlands without their parents, but many are not being registered or given a guardian, refugee group Vluchtelingenwerk and Unicef have told broadcaster NOS. ‘So we would ask everyone to be alert and make sure children are registered with the local council or child services.’ …

Refugee agencies sound alarm about Ukrainian teens in NL without parents
2 years, 9 months ago

Refugee agencies sound alarm about Ukrainian teens in NL without parents

Dutch News  

At least 170 Ukrainian youngsters under the age of 18 have fled the war to the Netherlands without their parents, but many are not being registered or given a guardian, refugee group Vluchtelingenwerk and Unicef have told broadcaster NOS. ‘So we would ask everyone to be alert and make sure children are registered with the local council or child services.’ …

In Frames | Children of war
2 years, 11 months ago

In Frames | Children of war

The Hindu  

Children are easy victims of a military conflict. - On the seventh day of fighting in Ukraine Russia claims control on March 2, 2022 of the southern port city of Kherson, street battles rage in Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv, and Kyiv braces for a feared Russian assault Polish army and emergency services transfer vulnerable Ukrainian refugee children from a train …

‘Tragic milestone’: More than four million Ukrainians flee war
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Tragic milestone’: More than four million Ukrainians flee war

Al Jazeera  

Some 4,019,287 Ukrainians have fled the country’s borders, surpassing the worst-case United Nations estimate as Russia’s invasion continues. More than four million Ukrainians have fled the country within five weeks to escape Russia’s “senseless war”, the United Nations has said, as shelling continued in places where Moscow had pledged to ease its military activities. The United Nations High Commissioner for …

Refugee charity sounds the alarm over poor conditions in emergency centres
3 years, 3 months ago

Refugee charity sounds the alarm over poor conditions in emergency centres

Dutch News  

Living standards in emergency refugee centres are unacceptably low and children in particular are suffering, refugee aid group Vluchtelingenwerk said on Wednesday. In many of the emergency centres there is a lack of privacy, security and heating, while children are being denied access to education, according to Vluchtelingenwerk. Aid group workers and volunteers assessed conditions in 21 of the 35 …

Refugee charity sounds the alarm over poor conditions in emergency centres
3 years, 3 months ago

Refugee charity sounds the alarm over poor conditions in emergency centres

Dutch News  

Living standards in emergency refugee centres are unacceptably low and children in particular are suffering, refugee aid group Vluchtelingenwerk said on Wednesday. In many of the emergency centres there is a lack of privacy, security and heating, while children are being denied access to education, according to Vluchtelingenwerk. Aid group workers and volunteers assessed conditions in 21 of the 35 …

Most unaccompanied child asylum seekers in NL since refugee crisis
3 years, 5 months ago

Most unaccompanied child asylum seekers in NL since refugee crisis

NL Times  

The number of children who came to the Netherlands on their own to seek asylum is at the highest level its been in five years. That is the highest number since the end of the refugee crisis in 2016, when the Netherlands sheltered 967 unaccompanied children, and almost double the 342 children of last year, AD reports based on figures …

Migrant arrivals at US-Mexico border rose slightly in April
3 years, 10 months ago

Migrant arrivals at US-Mexico border rose slightly in April

Al Jazeera  

New data shows the number of migrant children travelling alone to the US dropped by 12 percent from March to April. The number of migrants arriving at the United States’ southern border with Mexico rose slightly during the month of April compared with the previous month, according to the latest official figures, while the number of children travelling alone to …

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
3 years, 10 months ago

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

Associated Press  

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside. “The Biden administration is feverishly putting up these pop-up detention facilities, many of which have no experience working with children.” …

Mexico sees massive increase in children near US border: UNICEF
3 years, 10 months ago

Mexico sees massive increase in children near US border: UNICEF

Al Jazeera  

Children are staying in overcrowded shelters in Mexico and more than half are without their parents, rights group says. Mexico has seen a nine-fold increase in the number of migrant children arriving since the beginning of the year, the United Nation’s child rights agency said, warning that many children are being held in overcrowded shelters near the country’s border with …

Number Of Unaccompanied Minors Entering U.S. Soared In February
4 years ago

Number Of Unaccompanied Minors Entering U.S. Soared In February

NPR  

Number Of Unaccompanied Minors Entering U.S. Soared In February Enlarge this image toggle caption Cedar Attanasio/AP Cedar Attanasio/AP The number of asylum-seeking migrants, including unaccompanied minors, crossing the southwest border into the U.S. is soaring, leaving the Biden administration scrambling to find appropriate care and housing for thousands of children. U.S. Customs and Border Protection released the latest statistics on …

Britain closes the door on unaccompanied child refugees
4 years, 1 month ago

Britain closes the door on unaccompanied child refugees

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “However, responsibility for asylum seekers and refugees in EU member states lies with the …

Ethiopia Conflict Puts 2.3 Million Children in Need: UNICEF
4 years, 3 months ago

Ethiopia Conflict Puts 2.3 Million Children in Need: UNICEF

News 18  

The outbreak of conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has left some 2.3 million children in urgent need of assistance and thousands more at risk in refugee camps, the UN children’s agency said Friday. “Inside the Tigray region, restricted access and the ongoing communication blackout have left an estimated 2.3 million children in need of humanitarian assistance and out of reach,” …

‘Britain’s better than that’: Councils hit back after minister claims UK has no more space for child refugees
4 years, 5 months ago

‘Britain’s better than that’: Councils hit back after minister claims UK has no more space for child refugees

The Independent  

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Largest number of children displaced in 2019: UNICEF
4 years, 10 months ago

Largest number of children displaced in 2019: UNICEF

India TV News  

An estimated 19 million children, more than ever before, were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019 -- some of them for years, according to a new report of the UN Children's Fund. "Millions of displaced children around the world are already going without proper care and protection," said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta …

Trump administration detains nearly 70,000 migrant children in record high
5 years, 4 months ago

Trump administration detains nearly 70,000 migrant children in record high

The Independent  

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Federal government preparing for unaccompanied minors in its care to double
5 years, 11 months ago

Federal government preparing for unaccompanied minors in its care to double

CNN  

CNN — The Office of Refugee Resettlement is preparing for the arrivals of unaccompanied children in their care to double this fiscal year, according to an HHS official. If current trends hold, referrals of unaccompanied children to HHS could surpass the record 2016 figures, when 59,171 minors were referred for care. US Border Patrol has apprehended 26,937 unaccompanied children so …

Local councils forced to drastically increase spending on child refugees as ministers accused of 'paying lip service'
6 years ago

Local councils forced to drastically increase spending on child refugees as ministers accused of 'paying lip service'

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ministers have been accused of “paying lip service” to child …

Inside The Largest And Most Controversial Shelter For Migrant Children In The U.S.
6 years, 1 month ago

Inside The Largest And Most Controversial Shelter For Migrant Children In The U.S.

NPR  

Inside The Largest And Most Controversial Shelter For Migrant Children In The U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Thousands of migrant children continue to arrive at the Southern border every month, without their parents, to ask for asylum. Enlarge this image toggle caption U.S. Department of …

Almost 15,000 Migrant Children Now Held At Nearly Full Shelters
6 years, 3 months ago

Almost 15,000 Migrant Children Now Held At Nearly Full Shelters

NPR  

Almost 15,000 Migrant Children Now Held At Nearly Full Shelters Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Raedle/Getty Images The number of immigrant children being held in government custody has reached almost 15,000, putting a network of federally contracted shelters across the country near capacity. A senior official with Health and Human Services said it would be "premature" …

360 unaccompanied child refugees vanished in NL last year
6 years, 4 months ago

360 unaccompanied child refugees vanished in NL last year

Dutch News  

Some 360 unaccompanied refugee children disappeared from asylum centres in the Netherlands last year, and there are fears that many may be the victims of human trafficking or forced into slavery and prostitution, the NRC reported on Thursday. The government has taken steps to stop refugee children disappearing by introducing smaller care units with better leadership, and introducing more closed …

360 unaccompanied child refugees vanished in NL last year
6 years, 4 months ago

360 unaccompanied child refugees vanished in NL last year

Dutch News  

Some 360 unaccompanied refugee children disappeared from asylum centres in the Netherlands last year, and there are fears that many may be the victims of human trafficking or forced into slavery and prostitution, the NRC reported on Thursday. The government has taken steps to stop refugee children disappearing by introducing smaller care units with better leadership, and introducing more closed …

Damning UN report says three people will become displaced in the time it takes you to read this headline
6 years, 8 months ago

Damning UN report says three people will become displaced in the time it takes you to read this headline

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The number of displaced people …

Hundreds of migrant children disappeared in NL last year: Unicef
7 years, 8 months ago

Hundreds of migrant children disappeared in NL last year: Unicef

Dutch News  

Child rights organisations Unicef Nederland and Defence for Children have slammed the way 290 migrant children disappeared from official care institutions last year and in most cases their disappearance was not investigated. Last year, almost every request to stay was rejected, even though the children concerned had lived in the Netherlands for more than five years, the organisations said. To …

Hundreds of migrant children disappeared in NL last year: Unicef
7 years, 8 months ago

Hundreds of migrant children disappeared in NL last year: Unicef

Dutch News  

Child rights organisations Unicef Nederland and Defence for Children have slammed the way 290 migrant children disappeared from official care institutions last year and in most cases their disappearance was not investigated. Last year, almost every request to stay was rejected, even though the children concerned had lived in the Netherlands for more than five years, the organisations said. To …

Unicef urges UK government to speed up transfer of unaccompanied child refugees as Calais camp closes
7 years, 11 months ago

Unicef urges UK government to speed up transfer of unaccompanied child refugees as Calais camp closes

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Unicef has called on the UK government to allow unaccompanied …

Child refugees in France 'neglected' in accommodation centres after UK Home Office rejections
7 years, 11 months ago

Child refugees in France 'neglected' in accommodation centres after UK Home Office rejections

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We feel helpless faced with this lack of support.” …

Government backtracks on pledge to take child refugees
7 years, 11 months ago

Government backtracks on pledge to take child refugees

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The statement from Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill said local …

Migrant children face abuse, abduction and detention on route from Africa to Europe, report says
8 years ago

Migrant children face abuse, abduction and detention on route from Africa to Europe, report says

LA Times  

Thousands of migrant and refugee children routinely face abuse, exploitation and detention as they make the journey along the central Mediterranean migration route to Europe, according to a new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund. The report published Tuesday and titled “A Deadly Journey for Children: The Central Mediterranean Migrant Route,” is based on a survey conducted in Libya …

Ministers say child refugee scheme they are closing early ‘incentivises’ children to become refugees
8 years, 1 month ago

Ministers say child refugee scheme they are closing early ‘incentivises’ children to become refugees

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Government has defended its early closure of the child refugees …

90,000 children are expected to die in Nigeria over the next 12 months, Unicef warns
8 years, 1 month ago

90,000 children are expected to die in Nigeria over the next 12 months, Unicef warns

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Labelling it the world’s most …

Unicef warns child refugees are abused due to British government inaction
8 years, 6 months ago

Unicef warns child refugees are abused due to British government inaction

Daily Mail  

Delays in bringing child refugees to Britain is leading them to risk abuse or even death at the hands of people smugglers, a major report warns today. Unicef warned children held at the Jungle camp outside Calais are at greater risk of being abused by people smuggling gangs and urged the British government to allow them to join family members …

Nearly 50 million children 'uprooted' around the world, UNICEF says
8 years, 6 months ago

Nearly 50 million children 'uprooted' around the world, UNICEF says

ABC  

Almost 50 million children throughout the world have been "uprooted", forcibly displaced from their home countries by war, violence or persecution, according to the United Nations children's program. Key points: UNICEF found that 28 million children were displaced by violence and conflict, including 10 million child refugees 20 million other children have left their homes for reasons including gang violence …

Government hasn't taken in a single child refugee since very public pledge, reveals peer who escaped the NAis
8 years, 8 months ago

Government hasn't taken in a single child refugee since very public pledge, reveals peer who escaped the NAis

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A peer who escaped the Nazis as a child has …

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