As Amnesty activists arrive to the Greek Island of Lesvos to call for an end to push-backs of refugees’ and migrants’ on their arrival to Greece, researcher Kondylia Gogou meets with unaccompanied children held in local police stations in Lesvos.
Afia (not her real name), 17, has not seen her mum and sister since they were separated by smugglers during their trip to Europe. She has no idea where they are now. She told me that her father was killed in Afghanistan.

Children in detention at the borders of Europe

As Amnesty activists arrive to the Greek Island of Lesvos to call for an end to push-backs of refugees’ and migrants’ on their arrival to G...
The detention of children for immigration purposes is continuing to rise, MPs have heard.
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The MPs' report shows child detention continues to rise. Image: The Children's Society
In a highly critical report into the work of the now-abolished UK Border Agency (UKBA), the Home Affairs Committee found that 61 children were detained for immigration purposes during the last quarter of 2012, up from 48 during the previous quarter.

MPs did note that the majority of those detained were for short periods of time – during the third quarter of 2012, 59 children left immigration. Of these, 92 per cent had been held for three days or fewer compared to 87 per cent the previous quarter. 

Detention of child refugees continues to rise

The detention of children for immigration purposes is continuing to rise, MPs have heard. The MPs' report shows child detention cont...
Norwegian immigration officials temporarily stop policy towards unaccompanied children seeking asylum.
The policy, which has been practised since 2008, sees that unaccompanied children seeking asylum in Norway are deported to the first European country they requested asylum in.
This practice has now been suspended with all asylum applications from children being considered in Norway, regardless of whether they applied somewhere else first.

Norway child asylum deportation policy measure suspended

Norwegian immigration officials temporarily stop policy towards unaccompanied children seeking asylum. The policy, which has been practis...
"La visita del Papa a Lampedusa in memoria delle troppe vittime morte in mare nel tentativo di raggiungere un'opportunità di futuro migliore è un segno di straordinario valore per tutti e anche per i tanti operatori, come noi, impegnati ogni giorno a Lampedusa e sulle altre aree di sbarco per assistere e tutelare le persone più vulnerabili come i minori". Lo afferma Raffaela Milano, direttore programmi Italia-Europa di Save the Children. "Le storie - prosegue - dei tanti minori soli non accompagnati, talvolta giovanissimi, che incontriamo quotidianamente nelle nostre continue attività di assistenza e supporto sull'Isola, sono segnate da terribili percorsi di fuga dai paesi di origine, detenzioni e violenze di ogni genere, e in ultimo da un viaggio in condizioni precarie, spesso tentato per più volte, e che per alcuni loro fratelli, parenti o amici ha significato la perdita della vita".

Save the Children: A Lampedusa 75 minori soli non accompagnati

"La visita del Papa a Lampedusa in memoria delle troppe vittime morte in mare nel tentativo di raggiungere un'opportunità di futuro...
Amnesty. La Grecia respinge migranti e rifugiati in Turchia mettendo a rischio le loro vite
In un nuovo rapporto diffuso oggi, ‘Frontiera Europa: violazioni dei diritti umani al confine della Grecia con la Turchia’, Amnesty International ha denunciato che  rifugiati e migranti provenienti da paesi devastati dai conflitti, come Siria e Afghanistan, e che cercano di raggiungere l’Europa via Grecia, vengono illegalmente respinti dalle autorita’ di Atene verso la Turchia.

Amnesty. La Grecia respinge migranti e rifugiati in Turchia mettendo a rischio le loro vite

In un nuovo rapporto diffuso oggi, ‘Frontiera Europa: violazioni dei diritti umani al confine della Grecia con la Turchia’, Amnesty In...
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