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Projects in Italy : FARO

FARO IV 2014 Since January 2014, 5,293 children, of whom 3,038 were unaccompanied have landed in Syracusa, Sicily. A flow of this magnitude required a big effort for municipalities in charge of...

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Child Abuse: Cape Town Conference

Children face a number of risks of abuse but some of these risks are caused by contact with, or impact upon children from organisations and institutions – whether this is from staff, programmes or...

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Lampedusa Tragedy, one year after

Terre des Hommes: “Channels for regular arrivals of migrants, now ! The sole priority is to save lives. The rest is just words.” Milano/Brussels, 03 October 2014  – A year after the tragic sinking of...

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Ebola Crisis : One year later

23 March 2015  – One year since the first cases of Ebola were detected. The virus has infected 24,000 people and killed 10,000 (source :WHO), among them a lot of children. It has affected mainly three...

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Fortress Europe: No more time

Terre des Hommes Position Paper There is no more time. Fortress Europe has to open its doors to human lives. Terre des Hommes urges the European Council and the High Representative of the European...

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Mediterranean Migrants : The EU non-response

24 April 2015 – Terre des Hommes condemns the short-sightedness and hypocrisy with which the heads of state of the European Union have decided to deal with the humanitarian emergency unfolding before...

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CHILD SEX ABUSE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

04 May 2015 – Report on child Sexual abuse by French troops in Central African Republic leaked. Are the UN walking the talk?  What has been done by the UN in the 10 last years for the child...

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EU Agenda on Migration

Why thousands of migrants deaths are needed to propose a European Migration policy? 12 May 2015 – The European Commission will propose a new EU Agenda on Migration on May 13th. Since the “Lampedusa...

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World refugee day : One in two refugees is a child

“What the world often forgets is that refugees are not failed people even after their birth nations are considered to be failed states. We have dreams and aspirations. We are resilient as a people and...

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Migrants crisis in Europe

Balkans, Hungary, Calais, Greece, Sicily… the ‘Lampedusa Tragedies’ now at internal borders Terre des Hommes condemns the violence against migrant children Find our press release below Today, European...

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Mediterranean Migrants : The EU non-response

24 April 2015 – Terre des Hommes condemns the short-sightedness and hypocrisy with which the heads of state of the European Union have decided to deal with the humanitarian emergency unfolding before...

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CHILD SEX ABUSE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

04 May 2015 – Report on child Sexual abuse by French troops in Central African Republic leaked. Are the UN walking the talk?  What has been done by the UN in the 10 last years for the child...

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EU Agenda on Migration

Why thousands of migrants deaths are needed to propose a European Migration policy? 12 May 2015 – The European Commission will propose a new EU Agenda on Migration on May 13th. Since the “Lampedusa...

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World refugee day : One in two refugees is a child

“What the world often forgets is that refugees are not failed people even after their birth nations are considered to be failed states. We have dreams and aspirations. We are resilient as a people and...

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Migrants crisis in Europe

Balkans, Hungary, Calais, Greece, Sicily… the ‘Lampedusa Tragedies’ now at internal borders Terre des Hommes condemns the violence against migrant children Find our press release below Today, European...

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Sport and play for child development

On the occasion of the World Play Day on the 28th May, Terre des Hommes wants to highlight the benefits of using play and sport in children’s development. These activities promote the creative...

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The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children

Twentieth anniversary of the landmark “Machel Study” on  “The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children” Twenty years ago, Graça Machel published her landmark study entitled  “The Impact of Armed Conflict...

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UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants: Nothing to celebrate

CSOs call on the UN Summit for a change with commitments At the High Level Summit (HLS) of the UN General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants, which will take place in New...

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#InDifesa Dossier on the situation of girls worldwide

Worldwide, about 70 million girls aged between 15 and 19 have been victims of some form of physical violence and about 200 million girls have been victims of genital mutilation. Every year, around 15...

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The digital transformation of emergency relief and healthcare

The digital revolution is already having many effects on our society. Mobile apps and other resources abound with convenient solutions for improving people’s lives – from ordering food to finding a...

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