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Better Care Network highlights recent news pieces related to the issue of children's care around the world. These pieces include newspaper articles, interviews, audio or video clips, campaign launches, and more.

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Katerina Filippeos - Greek Reporter

Greek Reporter notes there are more than 1,200 unaccompanied child refugees on waiting lists for suitable accommodations.

Myra Imran -- The International News

This article from The International News reports Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan plans to institute child protection laws soon.

Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian

At a small primary school in north-east Nigeria, a group of uniformed orphans are greeting a visitor to their art class. Some are the children of Boko Haram fighters. Others are the offspring of their victims. This school is different.

Jennifer Huxta - News Deeply

The story of two girls who fled South Sudan and joined thousands of unaccompanied minors living in Uganda's refugee camps.

Wang Mingting and Li Rongde - Caixin Online

Article from China stating rural migrant parents who leave their children behind for extended periods could face criminal charges over their failure to provide adequate care, China's Ministry of Civil Affairs said Wednesday.

Sarah McClure

In this piece from FusionTV, Nelufar Hedayat travels to Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate the relationship between international adoption and child trafficking.

Mark Obiero - U Report

This article from Kenya discusses how different gender expectations leave boys at a higher risk for living on the streets.

Moira Donovan - CBC News

Nova Scotia will be the only province that does not allow birth mothers and adult adopted children to obtain information about one another. 

Shanifa Nasser - CBC New Toronto

New Canadian child welfare law allows children to have a say in their care.

The Baltimore Sun

Chilean government reports that 865 children have died under the care of the National Service over the past 11 years.