This UNICEF article highlights the Sri Lankan government’s endorsement of the Global Charter on Children's Care Reform.

This UNICEF Montenegro article reports that the company Piece of Cake has donated $300,000 to support the establishment of Montenegro’s first foster care center, marking a significant step toward strengthening family-based care services in the country.

This article describes how nearly half of child welfare agencies’ spending in the United States is on out-of-home placements.

This report warns reports that modern slavery in the UK has reached its highest recorded levels and is likely to continue rising, according to the country’s independent anti-slavery commissioner. The article highlights that referrals of potential victims have nearly doubled in recent years—surpassing 23,000 cases in 2025—driven not only by better detection but by growing global and domestic vulnerabilities such as poverty, conflict, and unsafe migration pathways.

This Guardian article reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) awarded a contract to private security firm MVM Inc.—a company previously accused in lawsuits of “torture,” “enforced disappearance,” and mistreatment of migrant children—to help locate undocumented children who entered the U.S. alone. While ICE describes the effort as “safety and wellness checks” to ensure children’s well-being, internal documents and critics suggest the program is actually intended to facilitate deportations or legal action against the children or their sponsors, raising fears of renewed “backdoor family separation.”

This Guardian article reports that a United Nations human rights expert has warned that Denmark’s removal of a newborn child from a Greenlandic mother following controversial parenting competency assessments may constitute ethnic discrimination.

This Associated Press investigation reveals how many adopted children in the U.S.

The CNN report (published April 28, 2026) describes how the U.S. administration is moving to speed up deportation proceedings for migrant children held in custody by advancing immigration court hearings by weeks or months.

This article explains how the Flemish government in Flanders has introduced new regulations to phase out intercountry adoptions, with a full halt expected by 2027 due to longstanding concerns about irregularities and unethical practices in adoption processes.

This UNICEF article describes how partners in Mozambique are working together to strengthen child protection systems through coordinated national efforts, highlighting progress such as improved case management, expanded social services, and stronger workforce capacity despite ongoing crises.