Marie Pierre Poitier Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/marie-pierre-poitier/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 04 Jul 2017 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Marie Pierre Poitier Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/marie-pierre-poitier/ 32 32 More than half the African migrants are children https://jjcornish.com/2017/07/half-african-migrants-children/ Tue, 04 Jul 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/07/half-african-migrants-children/ A new report from the United Nations says children account for over half of the 12 million West and Central African people on the move each year. UNICEF finds with some 75 per cent of these children remain in sub-Saharan Africa, and less than one in five head to Europe . ends intro UNICEF Regional […]

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]]> A new report from the United Nations says children account for over half of the 12 million West and Central African people on the move each year.

UNICEF finds with some 75 per cent of these children remain in sub-Saharan Africa, and less than one in five head to Europe .

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UNICEF Regional Director Marie-Pierre Poirier says the discussion on migration needs to be broadened to cover the vulnerabilities of all children on the move.

Systems have be expanded to protect these children in all their intended destinations.

The report, which is based on a series of interviews with migrants and their families from several countries, reveals a complex set of drivers for migration including poverty, conflict, weak governance and limited institutional support capacity.

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