Children on migration face exploitation, violence, UN says

Children on migration journeys continue to face unprecedented levels of violence, exploitation, and abuse.

A migration report revealed that millions of children are on the move across the globe, with dangerous routes posing significant threats to child migrants.

The report by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Save the Children, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) indicates that as of 2020, 6.2 million international migrant children were reported in Africa. "From January to October 2024, IOM tracked 28,578 child migrants along the Eastern Route, of whom 36 per cent were girls," reads the report.

According to the report, 26 per cent of these children were unaccompanied.