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.
Pour la première fois depuis le début de la crise des réfugiés et des migrants en Europe, on compte plus d’enfants et de femmes que d’hommes adultes au sein des populations en mouvement, affirme l'UNICEF.
The Nigerian Forum on Rehabilitation of Street Children, a non-governmental organisation, recently claimed that no fewer than 13 million children across the country live and survive on the streets.
According to Europol, more than 10,000 migrant children may have disappeared after arriving and registering in Europe over the past two years.
A recent U.S. bipartisan congressional investigation reported that migrant children in the government's care fell prey to human trafficking.
This article from the Los Angeles Times reports migrant children in the government's care were placed in U.S. homes and left vulnerable to human trafficking due to sometimes nonexistent screening by the Department of Health and Human Services.
The UK Government announced that it would take in refugee children who have become separated from their families in Syria and other conflicts.
Cora Morgan, the children's advocate for Manitoba First Nations, says some child-welfare agencies are breaking the law and discriminating against indigenous family members. She claims some agencies are ignoring capable relatives who could care for children who are taken into care, and are instead placing them in the care of strangers.
Lumos, an international non-profit organisation founded by J.K. Rowling to help countries reform their services for disadvantaged children, has begun working with partners in Greece to help bring about reforms for institutionalised children. Lumos hosted a conference in Athens supporting deinstitutionalisation in Greece which was attended by over 70 policymakers, children’s welfare professionals, and civil society delegates.
U.S. President Barack Obama issued executive orders that ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons.
It is estimated that 30% of the migrants and refugees who have entered Europe by sea over the last year are children. In January 2016, about six times as many people have arrived by sea in Europe compared to January 2015. As these numbers continue to climb, this article reflects on the importance of play for these children, even in their challenging circumstances.