60,000 young refugees and migrants who arrived in Italy alone need support as they enter adulthood – UN Agencies
Key challenges include discrimination, difficulty finding work, administrative bottlenecks and lack of legal information ROME, Italy – The estimated 60,000 young refugees and migrants who arrived in Italy as unaccompanied children between 2014 and 2018, and who...
Afghan boy endures hardship en route to a better future
Farouk, 15, fled Afghanistan and endured a difficult journey overland across 10 countries. Now he is reunited with his siblings in London thanks in part to help from UNHCR. By Barbara Molinario in Rome By the age of 16, most teenage boys have survived school, made...
Colombia gives Venezuela newborns a start in life
New measure grants citizenship to the children born to Venezuelan parents on Colombia soil, helping thousands at risk of statelessness. By Jenny Barchfield in Bogotá, Colombia One afternoon in early September, Yonielys Villegas was tending to the basement apartment...