Europe’s missing refugee children
In January, the EU’s criminal intelligence agency Europol said at least 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees had vanished after arriving in Europe, at risk of falling prey to trafficking gangs. According to the European Commission, missing unaccompanied children are the responsibility of individual EU member states, but a February report by Missing Children Europe – an umbrella group of some 30 child protection groups – highlighted a “clear lack of ownership” in cases involving unaccompanied children. https://bit.ly/2raPARG
The world’s deadliest migration route
One in every 14 people has died this year crossing the sea from Libya to Italy, now known as the world’s deadliest migration route, the International Organization for Migration says. Refugees still pay enormous sums of money for space on an unsafe vessel that may not withstand the journey, and nongovernmental organizations in patrol boats are among the few forms of protection for those being ferried…