What’s it like to be young and from overseas in Australia?
The first ever census of young Australians from refugee and migrant backgrounds paints a mixed picture of optimism and belonging against a backdrop of ongoing discrimination. The majority of refugee and migrant young Australians feel strongly...Read more
Child rights bodies call for new approach to EU migrant detention
A number of children’s rights advocacy bodies have joined a group of 53 organisations across Europe in raising concerns over proposed new Council of Europe rules for the administrative detention of migrants. The group says that a fundamentally...Read more
Unaccompanied child migrants to Italy doubled in 2016, says UNICEF
Some 25,800 unaccompanied minor migrants reached Italy in 2016, more than double the figure of 2015, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. The figure represented more than 90 per cent of a total of 28,200...Read more