INFOGRAPHIC: The 95,000 Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum in 2015 – Their Voices and Numbers
The numbers and voice of unaccompanied children seeking asylum on Europe’s shores.
Migration crisis
Tracking the immigration problem across Europe
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PODCAST Kids crossing Europe’s and America’s borders – alone: A US public radio collaboration between Reveal and the Bureau
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Revealed: Fourfold rise as 95,000 unaccompanied children claim asylum in Europe in 2015
An investigation into Europe’s refugee crisis finds more than 95,000 children who arrived without any adult claimed asylum in 2015
The Bureau’s investigation into the migration crisis is focused on exploring government policies across member states.
In the first project Bureau reporter Maeve McClenaghan spent a year tracking young men who came to the UK from Afghanistan as unaccompanied children. These teenagers were brought up in this country, but on turning 18 they had to fight their asylum cases again. Many have been deported back to a country they no longer understand.
Read the full story: FROM KENT TO KABUL – THE WESTERNISED YOUNG MEN BEING DEPORTED TO AFGHANISTAN
The Bureau is now looking at this issue across all European states.
OUR INTERACTIVE tells the story of the 95,000 unaccompanied children who came to Europe in 2015.
Listen to our PODCAST produced with Reveal, from The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX.
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