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The Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, an unprecedented influx of migrants in eastern Europe, an increase in deaths in the English Channel, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic – 2021 has been a tumultuous year for migrants and refugees on many fronts. We take a look at six of the most important developments of ...
This update submission relates to articles 22, 24, 28, 31 and 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and focuses on the ill-treatment and summary returns of children seeking asylum, detention of unaccompanied migrant children, access to education for children seeking asylum, access to education during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the impact of lead pollution on children’s rights.
The Greek government and the EU are closing down the squalid refugee camps on the islands of the Aegean, and people are being transferred to newly-built "closed controlled access centres". These prison-like facilities, which are coming into use at the same time as a the services available to refugees are being cut back, are having injurious effects upon people's mental health and wellbeing.
Ritsona, Greece - The government’s restrictive decisions have left thousands of refugees out of protection services and are creating a hunger crisis,
Athens has restricted services to those in the process of applying for asylum, leaving many without guarantees of food.