Our life-saving search and rescue ship, the Vos Hestia, has brought 300 refugees and migrants safely to Italian shores in its first rescue mission of 2017. At...
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Saving lives at sea: a day in the life of our rescue team
Our search and rescue ship is back in the Mediterranean, ready to save lives and bring vulnerable children and families to safety. Last year, team leader Roger...
Protecting children in war: Help us make a difference
Devastating explosive weapons such as missiles used in populated areas are putting children and their families in terrible danger. Your support is helping to...
A child bride’s story of hope
A child bride, Aisha* was sold to an older man by her own father. ‘At the age of 13, I was forced to marry a man who was much older than me.’ After Aisha...
Survivors of sexual violence: lives through a lens
As part of our Every Last Child campaign, artist and photographer, Delphine Diallo, photographed young women and girls – survivors of sexual violence and...
‘Toxic stress’ from Syria’s war threatens children’s futures
After nearly six years of conflict in Syria, the physical scars of war are obvious on countless shattered buildings and bodies. The mental toll of living...
Is the Dubs scheme really a ‘pull factor’?
In the debate around the Dubs Amendment, government ministers have claimed that the scheme acts as a ‘pull factor’ and should therefore be scrapped. While I...
Government can’t walk away from child refugees
The government must not walk away from the Dubs amendment, which was passed in a spirit of generosity. This was a pledge to help the most vulnerable children...
Alone in Iraq: What’s next for Syrian refugees?
After his world was torn apart by the effects of war, Zana was forced to flee his home in Amuda, Syria, in 2013. Now his days in a refugee camp in northern Iraq...
Dog bites and police brutality: Europe’s child refugee shame
Child refugees seeking safety in the EU are suffering dog bites and other injuries as they're violently forced back across the border into Serbia.