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UN: Death Toll Among Refugees Crossing Mediterranean Is Highest Ever

The U.N. refugee agency estimates nearly 4,200 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea since Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach one year ago. During the first eight months of this year,...

Refugee Children to Start Attending School Classes September in Greece

According to ANA-MPA, the Education Ministry of Greece is about to implement its educational plan to teach thousands of refugee children stranded in the country. The program is set to start in September and with the support of UNICEF as well...

27,500 Migrant Children 'Suspended' in Greece

The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) states that there are nearly 27,500 children of migrants and refugees trapped in Greece, a number that is expected to increase. The child migrants and refugees in Greece make up the 40...

Football Match Fundraiser on Saturday to Raise Money for UNICEF

A football match will be organized on Saturday, June 25, at 5:30 pm, at the municipal stadium of Rafina to raise money for UNICEF. The aim of the match is to promote solidarity and love for children. The revenues will be...

Greek Education Ministry-UNICEF Plan to Educate Refugee Children

The Greek Ministry of Education and UNICEF are working together to help refugee children stranded in Greece complete their education. UNICEF Central and Eastern Europe Regional Director Marie-Pierre Poirier ended her four-day visit to Greece on Saturday. She came to...

Nana Mouskouri to Visit Refugee and Migrant Children of Greece

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Nana Mouskouri, acclaimed singer and humanitarian, is the latest in a round of celebrities to focus on Greece this week. She will accompany UNICEF Central and Eastern Europe Regional Director Marie-Pierre Poirier on a four-day visit...

UNICEF: 25% of Greek Children Suffer Poverty

Children in Greece have suffered sharply deteriorating conditions over the past twenty years and child poverty rose by 6.3% between 1995 and 2015. In 2014, 25.3% of children were living in poverty in Greece, affecting some 424,000, reported UNICEF in...

Child and Family Protection Centers Set Up Along European Migration Route

The United Nations refugee agency and U.N. children's fund are setting up 20 centers to support and protect children and families fleeing war and persecution as they move across Europe’s well-worn migration routes. The so-called Blue Dot hubs are intended...

UNICEF: Growing Number of Asylum Seeking Children Make Sea Journey to Greece

Children now make up more than one third of asylum seekers crossing the perilous Aegean waters from Turkey to Greece, according to UNICEF. "Children currently account for 36 percent of those risking the treacherous sea crossing between Greece and Turkey,"...

Europol Official: 10,000 Migrant Children Missing in Europe

Europe's police agency says more than 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children have disappeared in the past two years. Europol chief of staff Brian Donald told Britain's Observer newspaper that organized crime rings and sex traffickers may be involved. "We just do not...