France must take steps to improve the well-being of its children and ensure greater protection of their rights, according to a UNICEF report. The situation is particularly concerning in France’s ...

Child refugees in northern France are facing exploitation and violence on a daily basis , including threats from adult men armed with knives and machetes, Unicef has warned. An alarming report has ...

Unaccompanied young migrants should be recognised as victims rather than criminals Unicef France says in a report published 30 July. France is failing to protect thousands of children from criminal ...

More than 2,000 children are sleeping on the streets of France as the 2025 school year begins, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday. At least 2,159 children are currently without shelter in ...

Over three million children in France live under the poverty threshold according to a report published today by Unicef France, which equates to one in every five children in the country. The results ...

In Vaulx-en-Velin, France, where a "probable minor" was shot in the head on April 7, 2025. JEFF PACHOUD / AFP Protection over punishment. That is what the French branch of UNICEF (United Nations ...

Adeline Hazan, the president of UNICEF France, expresses her 'deep concern' that the rights of the 15 million children living in the country will be undermined following the parliamentary elections.

This according to a damning report from UNICEF, the UN’s children’s rights organization. The report also says that forced labour, sexual abuse and violence are consistently used against children ...

More than three million children living in France – or one in every five – live below the poverty line, according to a new report by UNICEF published on Tuesday. The UN agency devoted to children’s ...

(Paris) – French President François Hollande’s announcement on February 21, 2017, that France has endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration is a strong signal to the international community and ...

One in five French children lives in poverty, according to a Unicef report that will heap pressure on the government to deliver reforms to cut unemployment. The United Nations agency said the number ...

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