Refugee Children Facing Extreme Cold Weather in Europe
With no sign of a let-up in the extreme cold weather and storms sweeping Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, refugee and migrant children are threatened by respiratory and other serious…
European Union Funds Gaza’s Largest Seawater Desalination Plant
The European Union and UNICEF officially inaugurated Thursday the largest seawater desalination plant built in the Gaza Strip so far. The €10 million plant, funded by the European Union, has…
Syria: 700,000 People Trapped in 15 Besieged Areas
While efforts to fully implement a ceasefire in Syria continue, top United Nations (UN) officials appealed Monday for safe access to reach the children and families who are still cut…
Refugee Girls Forced into Prostitution in Libya
Some 25,800 unaccompanied or separated children arrived in Italy by sea in 2016 – that’s more than double the 12,360 who arrived during the previous year. These children account for…
UNICEF Reports Winter Threat to Children in the Middle East
Unseasonably cold temperatures and winter weather are sweeping across the Middle East, threatening millions of children affected by crisis in the region. UNICEF says it is facing a $38 million…
UN Provides Food and Aid to 42,000 People in Eastern Mosul
In the single largest humanitarian aid delivery in eastern Mosul since the current conflict began, the World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have provided…