From June 14, 2016, UNICEF press release entitledĀ “If you try to run, they shoot you; if you stop working they beat you. It was just like the slave trade.”
More thanĀ 9 out of 10 refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe this year through Italy are unaccompanied, prompting UNICEF to warn of the growing threats of abuse, exploitation and death facing them.