For children, their rights and equitable development
For children, their rights and equitable development
Brussels – 4 April 2019 Citizens given opportunity to vote for ‘Child Rights Champions’ in European elections. MEP candidates sign pledge to protect and uphold children’s rights if elected. Candidates commit to help create a Europe that delivers for every child. Child rights organisations across Europe today have joined forces to recruit a new generation […]
CONTINUE READING →Terre des Hommes is dismayed and opposed to the Italian government’s latest example of unjustifiable indifference towards human life, by preventing the 47 people aboard the rescue ship SeaWatch 3 from disembarking in Italy. The ship has been prevented by force from entering a safe harbour, where people on board would have access to medical […]
CONTINUE READING →Brussels – 10 December 2018 Interviews available upon request The adoption of the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) is a significant step forward in the fight to protect the rights of children on the move or affected by migration in other ways, said Terre des Hommes today. One in eight migrants […]
CONTINUE READING →European leaders agreed today to explore opening ‘disembarkation platforms’ at the European Council summit in Brussels. Delphine Moralis, Secretary General of Terre des Hommes, said: “This decision to look into exploring ‘disembarkation platforms’ could put children and other migrants in grave danger. The European Commission must keep the best interests of children front and centre […]
CONTINUE READING →European Union leaders must respect the asylum claims of migrant children attempting to reach Europe and not outsource these obligations to other countries, Terre des Hommes and the Destination Unknown campaign said today (27 June) ahead of a European Council meeting on migration. EU leaders are meeting in Brussels tomorrow (28 June), with leaked conclusions […]
CONTINUE READING →Brussels – 14 June 2018 Children, including some who are unaccompanied, are being endangered by uncertainty in the Mediterranean caused by the Aquarius incident, children’s rights organisation Terre des Hommes warned today. Both Italy and Malta’s refusal to allow the boat, which carried 629 people rescued at sea, to dock in either country forced migrants […]
CONTINUE READING →Media Reaction Brussels – 2 February 2018 Tragedies such as the latest shipwreck off the Libyan coast will not cease until safe and legal routes for refugees and migrants to Europe are opened, child rights organisation Terre des Hommes has warned. Delphine Moralis, Secretary General of Terre des Hommes International Federation, said: “These senseless and […]
CONTINUE READING →PRESS RELEASE Kabul – 26 January 2018 We, the 61 undersigned National and International Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), members of Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief and Development (ACBAR), condemn in the strongest terms the atrocious attack on NGO offices in Jalalabad (Nangarhar) on Wednesday 24 January. It has been reported that there is a loss […]
CONTINUE READING →Brussels – 14 December 2017 European leaders meeting today (14 December) must face up to the human rights horrors they have created at Europe’s borders by cutting funding to Libyan authorities and militias, and moving children and other refugees dumped in heinous conditions on Greek islands to the mainland, says Terre des Hommes. The European […]
CONTINUE READING →African and European leaders wrapped up the African Union – European Union Summit earlier today, commenting on migration to Europe and the human rights abuses taking place in Libya. Lavinia Liardo, Senior Policy Officer at Terre des Hommes said: “The EU’s scramble to stop people crossing the Mediterranean is short-sighted, costing hundreds of millions of […]
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