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One Child Every Day: IOM Report on Nearly 1,600 Migrant Child Deaths between
2014-2018
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| Friday 28 June 2019 I VIEW IN BROWSER |
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One Child Every Day: Lack of Data About Migrant Deaths Leaves Most Vulnerable
Group At Risk - UN Migration Report
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| Berlin – A new report from the International Organization for Migration’s
(IOM) Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) highlights the need for
better data on migrant deaths and disappearances, particularly those of missing
migrant children.
This year’s Fatal Journeys 4 report focuses on the theme of missing migrant
children, given the growing number embarking on dangerous migrant journeys.
According to IOM data, nearly 1,600 children – an average of almost one every
day – were reported dead or missing between 2014 and 2018, though many more go
unrecorded.
Read more - Leer en español
Watch Video: GMDAC’s Julia Black on Missing Migrant Children |
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| MISSING MIGRANTS PROJECT
1,593 Deaths of Migrant Children Recorded Between 2014 and 2018
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| Missing Migrants records show that since 2014 nearly 1,600 children--some as
young as six-weeks-old--from nearly 50 countries have died in search of a
better future. An additional 78 died in the first six months of 2019.
Read more
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MISSING MIGRANTS PROJECT
Risks Facing Migrating Children in Southern Africa: Evidence from Mixed
Migration Centre Surveys
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| Over 870 children were interviewed. Their average was 15. Whether from
Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania, or Zimbabwe, about half noted their main
reason for leaving was violence and general insecurity.
Read more
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MISSING MIGRANTS PROJECT
In Their Own Words: Nigerian Child Returnees Detail Abuses in Libya
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| A study launched in Nigeria in July 2018 examines the experiences of migrant
children and youth recently returned from Libya. “They would use you to work in
their farm, in exchange for cigarettes. If you refused they would beat or kill
you. It was a horrible experience.”
Read more
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| QUOTE OF THE DAY |
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| "States are obliged to protect all children on their territory, whether they
are citizens, permanent residents or temporary migrants."
Jacqueline Bhabha
Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights
Harvard School of Public Health |
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