In this year’s first week, 2,360 migrants were rescued from 36 precarious boats, 288 of whom were minors. In 2024, one in seven migrants rescued on the Atlantic maritime route between the African continent and Spain’s Canary Islands was a minor. More specifically, the Red Cross reported that 6,971 children and adolescents out of 46,748 […]

On Dec. 8, soldiers arrested four Black boys in Guayaquil and took them to the Taura military base. On Friday, the Prosecutor’s Office requested preventive detention for 16 Ecuadorian soldiers involved in the disappearance of four black children who were arrested in the Malvinas neighborhood, in the coastal city of Guayaquil, on December 8. RELATED: […]

They are exposed to violence and physical or sexual abuse. On Monday, the NGO Plan International published a study showing that children, adolescents, and young migrants crossing the dense Darien jungle, the natural border between Panama and Colombia, continue to face serious risks during a journey they undertake to reach the United States. RELATED: Ten […]

‘Their childhood has been stolen,’ Lazzarini said in a statement marking World Children’s Day, observed on Nov. 20. On Wednesday, Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said that Gaza has become a “graveyard” for children. RELATED: No Prisoner Exchange Without Gaza Ceasefire: […]

German Kiczka is a member of the political coalition that brought President Milei to power. On Wednesday night, the police in the province of Corrientes captured German Kiczka, a former provincial legislator from Misiones who had been on the run since August 22. RELATED: “Milei Is Building a Colonial State, He Is Surrendering Argentina to […]

Over 500 teachers sexually abused Amazonian Indigenous girls and boys, many of whom were infected with HIV. On Thursday, Peruvian Education Minister Morgan Quero apologized for statements in which he described child rape cases in Indigenous communities in the Amazon as “cultural practices.” RELATED: Peruvian Court Condemns Soldiers Who Committed Crimes Against Humanity Last week, […]

The new data were released ahead of the World Day Against Child Labor, which is celebrated every June 12 since 2002. On Wednesday, Save the Children released a report showing that child labor is still widespread in Italy, although largely undetected. RELATED: Namibia: +200 Street Angolan Children Helped An estimated 336,000 minors aged 7-15 have […]