Tagged: Migrant and Refugee Crisis

A woman holding a small child who is peering through the loop of a blue rubber band.

Protecting children left behind by migration

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The European Union and UNICEF work together to protect children in the Kyrgyz Republic Opa lives at the end of a dusty road in the village of Atabekov, south Kyrgyzstan, a stone’s throw from the Uzbek border. It took us a while to find her house wandering around the hamlet amid children molding bricks from mud and others swimming in… Read more →←
A woman's features from behind a yellow head scarf. This figure is illuminated by sunlight behind her that silhouettes her side profile.

Rohingya: Shrouded maternity

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I look a mess. Sweat falls from my nose and wrist, dripping into my cameras. They slip in my palms and threaten to fall onto the mud floor of her orderly, if stifling, shelter. A shaft of light shines through a hole in the plastic tarp and strikes her head scarf, framing her face in a golden glow as the call to prayer begins to echo from… Read more →←
Two girls in matching red clothes smile at the camera, at a detention center in Tripoli, Libya.

The invisible child migrants of Libya

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Sarah and Makene were wearing the same clothes. The same red gloves. The same little socks. They are bright, friendly seven-year old, girls. Makene is from Cote d’Ivoire and Sarah from Guinea. “We are new friends,” they said in unison. Yet what brought them together, here in the detention center of Tarik al-Matar in Tripoli, is a… Read more →←
A boy with his back to the camera watches a boat filled with people as it comes ashore

The leap that started my future

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I have been living in the Netherlands for a little over two years now. Because I had to flee from Syria, I regularly get questions like: “How is the situation in Syria?”, “What do you think of the Netherlands?”, or “What are the differences between the two countries?” But every time I try to answer, more… Read more →←
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Migrant children using technology in Central America

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Daniel tried to migrate to the United States to reunite with his parents. He didn’t succeed. UNICEF staff talked with him in El Salvador to understand how technology affects the migration process and to seek solutions. Daniel (not his real name) doesn’t stop looking at his cell phone. Sometimes he dives into WhatsApp. Other times, he… Read more →←
Three people stand on a hill overlooking a refugee camp.

Covering the Rohingya crisis for UNICEF: Three views

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Half a million people. In one month. It’s the world’s fastest developing refugee emergency and children are at the heart of it – 60 per cent of the 519,000 Rohingya refugees now in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, are children. But beyond the astonishing numbers are heartbreaking individual children’s stories. Of loss, suffering,… Read more →←
A group of boys from Gambia sitting on a large rock by the sea in Sicily

My journey

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When I lost all my family at the age of 15 I decided to leave the Gambia. Since I didn’t have any money to buy a bus ticket I left by foot, walking for hours towards the border of Senegal. I had to cross five countries during my travels: Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Libya. The entire journey took me seven months. All in all,… Read more →←
A young refugee girl in a pink fur-lined jacket stands in front of a building.

Refugee children in crisis, are you aware of the challenges they face?

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My volunteer work over the past year has allowed me to work with refugee children from 21 countries worldwide as an academic and personal mentor at a shelter in London. Through this I have seen firsthand the challenges children and young people face when they are forced to flee their homes. 1. Mental Health: “I don’t feel so good.”… Read more →←
A mother, father and four children sit on the floor in a caravan.

Children of Za’atari refugee camp, five years on

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“I was a little girl when I came from Syria, I was 11 years old and just thinking about toys; now I have grown up,” says Omaima, as the 16 year old reflects on her time in Za’atari, nearly one third of her life. “I used to think that when I got to the camp it would be like a picnic, like a garden to play with my friends. Then I… Read more →←
A woman with a blue arm band checks a baby for malnutrition

Running from death in Raqqa

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Escaping the fighting in Raqqa involves perilous journeys to reach safety. Mothers, fathers and children must be able to dodge the snipers and landmines along the way, then spend weeks running from farm to farm, sleeping in the open before they arrive at a camp where they can at least get access to basic services again. Those who are… Read more →←

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