One year on, refugee children still need greater protection

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Series Details 02.09.16
Publication Date 02/09/2016
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The washed-up image of the drowned Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi on 2 September 2015 provoked international outcry. It helped focus attention on the refugee situation. One year on, still more needs to be done to better protect refugee children, said the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).

Source Link Link to Main Source http://fra.europa.eu/en/news/2016/one-year-refugee-children-still-need-greater-protection
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EU Bookshop: Many FRA publications can also be downloaded from the EU Bookshop http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/fra-european-union-agency-for-fundamental-rights-cbYEMKABstGrkAAAEjmYYY4e5K/
ESO: Background information: Donations surge after upsetting Aylan Kurdi photo http://www.europeansources.info/record/donations-surge-after-upsetting-aylan-kurdi-photo/
ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/
ESO: Background information: Children in crisis: unaccompanied migrant children in the EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/children-in-crisis-unaccompanied-migrant-children-in-the-eu/
The Guardian, 02.09.16: [Opinion]: A year on from Alan Kurdi, we still have a moral case to help child refugees https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/02/aylan-kurdi-child-refugees-conflict-theresa-may-amber-rudd-britain
The Independent, 29.08.16: [Opinion]: A year on from the death of Alan Kurdi, we’ve still not done enough to solve the refugee crisis http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/alan-kurdi-refugee-crisis-anniversary-not-done-enough-a7214961.html
The Conversation, 07.09.16: Any detention of migrant children is a violation of their rights and must end https://theconversation.com/any-detention-of-migrant-children-is-a-violation-of-their-rights-and-must-end-64985
Blog: UNICEF.UK, 20.09.16: Why are children risking their lives to leave Calais? https://blogs.unicef.org.uk/2016/09/20/why-children-risk-their-lives-to-leave-the-calais/

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