Children's rights

France moved hundreds of child migrants from the site of a demolished camp to reception centers across the country on Nov. 2, as a feud with Britain over who takes care of the youths dragged on. 

Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas Tuesday inaugurated a new center for unaccompanied migrant minors in Paiania, east of Athens, saying the facility would host up to 100 children, while noting that hundreds of others remain in reception centers across the country.

Greek authorities have opened a new reception center for unaccompanied refugee children near Athens, following extensive criticism of existing facilities.

Some 88,300 unaccompanied minors sought asylum in the European Union in 2015, 13 percent of them children younger than 14, crossing continents without their parents to seek a place of safety, EU data showed on Monday.

At least 875 children from across Turkey were killed in preventable incidents over the past year, a Turkish children's rights organization has announced in its annual "Child's Right to Life" report, calling on authorities to adopt holistic and rights-based policies on children's rights.

Over 95,000 unaccompanied minors have applied for asylum in Europe in 2015, a four-fold rise compared to 2014, according to the British Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Sweden recorded the highest number of unaccompanied child asylum applications with 35,369, followed by Germany (14,439), Austria (9,331) and Hungary (8,804).

Authorities in China's capital will extend leave from work for new mothers and fathers, state media reported on March 25, in what appeared to be the latest incentive to encourage families to have more children.

The world's largest economy faces a shrinking labour force and ageing population, meaning it could be the first country in the world to age before it first gets rich. 

At least 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees have disappeared after arriving in Europe, Europol claims in a recent report and many are feared to have fallen into the hands of organised trafficking networks.

Nearly 2,500 ago, Aristotle said ‘People are political animals’. But when you are 6 months old and you are taken to a political rally, listening to US Presidential Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders is not your top priority…Your only priority at this stage of your life is quite simply feeding.

Swedish media is outraged by the murder of Alexander Mezher at a refugee shelter for unaccompanied children in Sweden. The young woman, aged 22, was a staff member of the shelter and was described by Swedish daily Expressen as an “angel” and a person who was there only because she wanted to do good. “We have cried a lot. She was such a nice person, warm and happy,” they said.