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Italy and Libya signed on December 20 an agreement allowing the evacuation of 1,500 vulnerable migrants from Libya to Italy, over the next 3 years.
The agreement, which was sponsored by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other organizations, comes within the framework of international efforts to help migrants fleeing their countries due to war, violence and conflict.
According to the Italian News Agency, the agreement includes those stranded in Libya, especially children and women who are victims of human trafficking, survivors of violence and torture, and those…
The UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, Ms Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, in partnership with the UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti, will hold a two-day expert meeting in Florence, according to this post from UNICEF. The aim of the meeting, to be held 24-25 September 2019, is to "reflect on the current state of play of this problem, its root causes and new manifestations, as well as the relevance and the impact of interventions to eliminate the sale…
New parliamentary bill will help ensure the protection of unaccompanied refugee minors who enter Italy.
Arab Today reports over 20,000 unaccompanied minors have crossed the sea to Italy.
The Chargé d’Affaires of the Holy See's Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations, Msgr. Simon Kassas, urged the Security Council on Tuesday to 'affirm and support families of children who are victimized in armed conflict'.
This article tells the story of Yahya, a young man who escaped an abusive father in rural Gambia and underwent a harrowing journey through Northern Africa, eventually arriving in Sicily in 2013. At the age of 16, Yahya was rescued by the Italian coastguard from a boat in the Mediterranean on its way from Libya. Yahya had suffered abuse by his father in Gambia, lost his mother at the age of 13, and had not been permitted to attend to school. After hearing about a neighbor’s experience working in Spain, Yahya determined to escape to Europe. Yahya was one of 5,000 unaccompanied migrant and…
This article describes the recent rise in migrants and refugees coming to Italy from Libya, especially the large numbers of unaccompanied children, and the efforts being made by aid workers to place those children in appropriate care. The article places special focus on the work of Save the Children and its partners.
This photo series, courtesy of Save the Children, depicts the experiences of unaccompanied young people who travel from North Africa across the Mediterranean in hopes of reaching greater safety in Europe. The photos follow a group of children who travelled from Libya and other parts of North Africa and the Middle East to the Italian island of Lampedusa. The children who travel to Europe are often fleeing war zones but encounter other dangers on their journeys as they board unstable boats and use “unscrupulous traffickers” to get to Europe.