DUBLIN/BRUSSELS, Thurs 20 Oct 2016 This week’s meeting of the European Council in Brussels is a perfect opportunity for Europe to begin putting in place specific and measurable actions to address the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children. A number of such steps were included in the New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants, issued following an unprecedented gathering … Continued

DUBLIN, Wed 19 Oct 2016 In light of reports that a small child was amongst a group of five Iraqi Kurds found in a shipping container in New Ross, Co. Wexford on Sunday night, UNICEF Ireland is renewing its call for a Europe-wide approach to the plight of refugees and migrants. The discovery of the … Continued

DUBLIN/ATHENS/GENEVA 26 August 2016 – With the sudden increase of arrivals, hundreds more refugee and migrant children are becoming stranded in Greece with critical needs such as education and protection, says UNICEF. More people arrived in the first three weeks of August than all of July 2016 (1,920 for July; 2,289 as of 24 August). … Continued

*NOTE* The report and multimedia assets (photos and videos) available here. DUBLIN/DAKAR, 25 August 2016 – Years of violence by Boko Haram in Africa’s Lake Chad basin have led to a worsening humanitarian crisis that has displaced 1.4 million children and left at least one million still trapped in hard-to-reach areas, UNICEF said in a … Continued