Uprooted: Children on the move

Nine months since violence forced thousands of Rohingya people to flee Myanmar, conditions for pregnant women in one of the world’s largest…

To escape violence and poverty, thousands of children make harrowing journeys trying to reach the United States.

“My name is Sajad. I’m 15 years old, and I am from the Iraqi province of Basra and I’m currently in Vienna.”

Stories of our life — the Raslan family

In Bangladesh, child-friendly spaces help provide Rohingya refugee children with vital support.

In Bangladesh, Kismat Ara’s first days of life begin in a camp for refugees who fled violence in Myanmar.

Play is filled with opportunities for children to learn and is critical for their brain development in early childhood

In Chad, the distribution of dignity kits is key to keeping girls in school.

The vast majority of child migrants uprooted by violence, poverty and climate change remain in Africa.

Stepping up life-saving interventions in Angola as refugees flee violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Curbing legal migration and closing borders leads asylum seekers to take great risks to enter the European Union

After a lifetime as refugees, Burundian César Sindayiheburar and his family resettled in Canada from Tanzania.

Uprooted children are vulnerable to being preyed upon by smugglers and traffickers.

Marked by massive violations of children’s rights, the Lake Chad Basin conflict has shattered countless lives

For many displaced children in the Lake Chad basin, school means hope

Children have paid the heaviest price in the Syrian six-year war, yet they continue to dream of a brighter future.

UNICEF’s call for practical action and public engagement to help protect every child uprooted by war, violence and poverty.

As temperatures in the Balkans fall well below freezing, refugees and migrants face grave consequences.

For over 70 years, UNICEF has been the defender of children around the world, regardless of gender, religion, race or economic background.

Basel Alrashdan, 11, and his family were the first Syrian family to be resettled on Canada’s Prince Edward Island.

For every child, hope.

Having risked all to get to Europe, many refugee and migrant children find new obstacles on their path to asylum.

“We risked our lives to come here,” said Mohammad, 17, “We knew it is not safe. We do it, or we die.”

For every child, a fair chance. For every child, an act of humanity.