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In the last two years, Ventimiglia has become one of the main transit towns for refugee and migrant children attempting to cross the border from Italy into France. Among them, there is a significant number of unaccompanied and separated children. In 2016, Caritas, which runs a shelter for unaccompanied children and other vulnerable refugees and […]

In 2016, the number of unaccompanied and separated children arriving in Italy has more than doubled. Over 15,000 children have been accommodated in the Italian reception system as of February 2017. However, an additional 5,252 unaccompanied and separated children have dropped out of both primary and secondary reception centres in southern Italy since registration, in […]