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Articles by Chrissie Gale
We can’t manage what we don’t measure: more child protection data is needed to prevent family separations
An estimated one in 10 children – a total of 220 million – are either living without parental care or are at risk of losing it. This crisis has long-lasting consequences for children's health, wellbeing, and future development, and for the fabric of society at large. And yet our best estimates are unlikely to give the true picture of children’s care around the world because few countries have enough reliable and rigorous data.
Child Migrants Around the World Are Being Denied Their Human Rights
At 3am we were forced to leave the bus station. We were caught by the police. They asked if we had passports. We said no, we are from Afghanistan, please help us – the police drove away. – Afghani refugee, 15, on meeting police in Paris Abed – not his real name – had been in Paris after a treacherous overland journey from Afghanistan. He is one of many youngsters whose families fear the situation in their own country enough to send their children alone to a safer land.
Child migrants around the world are being denied their human rights
Endless transit. Panos Pictures/UNICEF At 3am we were forced to leave the bus station. We were caught by the police. They asked if we had passports. We said no, we are from Afghanistan, please help us – the police drove away. Afghani refugee, 15, on meeting police in Paris Abed – not his real name – had been in Paris after a treacherous overland journey from Afghanistan.
Child migrants around the world are being denied their human rights
At 3am we were forced to leave the bus station. We were caught by the police. They asked if we had passports. We said no, we are from Afghanistan, please help us – the police drove away. Afghani refugee, 15, on meeting police in Paris Abed – not his real name – had been in Paris after a treacherous overland journey from Afghanistan. He is one of many youngsters whose families fear the situation in their own country enough to send their children alone to a safer land.
Child migrants around the world are being denied their human rights
by Chrissie Gale, Jennifer Davidson And Nigel Cantwell, The Conversation Credit: Adjin Kamber At 3 a.m., we were forced to leave the bus station. We were caught by the police. They asked if we had passports. We said no, we are from Afghanistan, please help us—the police drove away. Afghani refugee, 15, on meeting police in Paris Abed—not his real name—had been in Paris after a treacherous overland journey from Afghanistan.
‘Children have a right to education – regardless of immigration status’
In 2017, Unicef reported that children and families were moving in “unprecedented numbers, creating the highest number of refugee children since World War II”. This followed its reports a year earlier which showed that almost 50 million children had been displaced from their homes (as of 2015), with more than half (28 million) fleeing violence and insecurity. Children who travel unaccompanied or have been separated from their primary caregivers face terrible risks.
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