Up to Three Quarters of Children, Youth Face Abuse, Exploitation, Trafficking on Mediterranean Migration Routes - UNICEF, IOM
September 12, 2017
September 12, 2017
NEW YORK, Sept. 12 -- United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) issued the following news release:
Migrant and refugee children and youth trying to reach Europe face appalling levels of human rights abuses, with 77 per cent of those traveling along the Central Mediterranean route reporting direct experiences of abuse, exploitation, and practices which may amount to human trafficking - UNICEF and IOM, the UN Migration Agency, said today in a new report.
Migrant and refugee children and youth trying to reach Europe face appalling levels of human rights abuses, with 77 per cent of those traveling along the Central Mediterranean route reporting direct experiences of abuse, exploitation, and practices which may amount to human trafficking - UNICEF and IOM, the UN Migration Agency, said today in a new report.