Press Releases
Record Numbers of Unaccompanied Children Arrive in Italy – UNICEF
10/18/2016
NEW YORK (October 18, 2016) – Three newborn babies – two born on Italian Coastguard boats in the Central Mediterranean and one at port – are among the newest arrivals of refugee and migrant children...
Girls Held by Boko Haram Need Support to Rebuild Shattered Lives
10/18/2016
NEW YORK (October 18, 2016) – The emotional reunification with their families on Sunday of 21 of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, highlights the...
Keep Children Safe in Mosul Operation, UNICEF Says
10/17/2016
NEW YORK (October 17, 2016) – More than half a million children and their families in Mosul will be at extreme risk in the coming weeks, UNICEF warned today as a military operation to retake the...
Ecuador Earthquake: Six Months On, Many Children Still in Need of Aid
10/16/2016
NEW YORK (October 16, 2016) – Six months after a major earthquake rocked Ecuador, meeting the needs of children still living in informal shelters and rural areas remains a significant challenge...
Over 300,000 Children under Five Died from Diarrheal Diseases Linked to Limited Access to Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in 2015 – UNICEF
10/14/2016
NEW YORK (October 14, 2016) – With cholera spreading fast in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, and with a new outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen, UNICEF urges children, families and communities...
Statement Attributable to Hanaa Singer, UNICEF Representative in Syria, on Children Killed in Aleppo
10/14/2016
NEW YORK (October 14, 2016) – “Yesterday’s attack near the Hatem Al Taai primary school in Aleppo city killed four children and injured three others. The children were on their way to school in the...
Five in six children under two not getting enough nutrition for growth and brain development - UNICEF
10/14/2016
NEW YORK (Oct 14, 2016) – Globally five in six children under two years old are not fed enough nutritious food for their age, depriving them of the energy and nutrients they need at the most critical...
UNICEF Calls for Greater Attention to the Plight of Unaccompanied Children on the Move through Southeast Europe
10/13/2016
NEW YORK (October 13, 2016) – Hundreds of unaccompanied children are still on the move through Southeast Europe despite official border closures, yet little is known of their fate, says UNICEF, as a...
UNICEF condemns attacks on teachers in Kaga-Bandoro
10/13/2016
NEW YORK (October 13, 2016) – Three teachers in training, the director of the Regional Pedagogical Center were violently killed in Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic, on Wednesday, October 12th...
Statement Attributed to UNICEF Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Europe
10/12/2016
NEW YORK (October 12, 2016) – The commitment by the UK and France to find urgent solutions for all the hundreds of refugee and migrant children languishing in Calais for months, could not come a...