Europe — Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe - Accompanied, Unaccompanied and Separated (January — December 2022)

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Contact
DTM Europe, DTMMediterranean@iom.int
Language
English
Location
Period Covered
Jan 01 2022
Dec 31 2022
Activity
  • Flow Monitoring
  • Some 35,200 children arrived in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, Cyprus and Malta in 2022 (18% girls and 82% boys) – 46% higher than total number of arrivals in 2021 (24,147).
  • Some 23,500 children who arrived in Europe in 2022 were unaccompanied or separated (67% of total). 70% of children who arrived in Italy in 2022 were unaccompanied or separated
  • Some 12,300 children (52% of the total) were in resettlement procedures in Europe in 2022.
  • Of all the children who sought international protection in Europe in 2022, some 158,685 or 69% were registered in just four countries: Germany (35%), France (15%), Austria (10%) and Spain (9%).