YOUTH IMMIGRANTS IN EUROPE
War events in the Middle East have produced a mass abandonment of homes thousands of people, mostly families with children.
We bring you their stories.
We bring you their stories.
More than 380.000 child asylum seekers
in Europe
According to the statistics of UNICEF, 65 million children around the world are running from crises, war, poverty, looking for a better, safer life and a new home. They are among the most vulnerable groups. Their numbers are rising year by year and it creates one of the biggest challenges of our century. Many of those children are traveling on their own. In Europe almost half a million children are trying to get a safe childhood.
Children across the asylum seeker's center in Kutina (Croatia)
Some of them are building a new life in Croatia. A small town Kutina is a guarantee for a peaceful childhood. In the asylum seeker's center they have a chance to learn Croatian, to write and to do Math or to draw something for their friends and families. Take a look how they live in the community.
When "Let It Go" means something moreAll the kids gather in the kids corner after lunch. There they hang around and play. They even learned to sing few songs like every kid's favorite song "Let it go". If you like the story about Elsa and Anna from Disney's cartoon "Frozen", listen to their version of that song. <3 |
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Reza's most important table tennis match
Reza is a 16 year-old boy from Iran. In the fall of 2016 Austria deported him to the Kutina reception center. He says he is stuck in Croatia. As a Christian he fears of being sent back to Iran and killed for his beliefs. Reza spends his time on his mobile phone listening to music and communicating with his friends and his running coach via social media. Also, he plays table tennis with his friends from the center and mostly wins. But will he win the most important match in his life?
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Fatima's Croatian Lessons
Fatima is a seven year old girl from Afganistan. Her family was given asylum by the Republic of Croatia. She really likes it in Kutina where she already made a lot of friends. Her family is planning to move to Zagreb. Fatima has already taken up few croatian lessons. This is how it sounds. :) |
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Journalism knows no bordersFirst steps in journalism, a 20 year old Yolla, made in the Reception Center for Asylum Seekers in Kutina near Zagreb. She succeeded in doing her first interview ever. Yolla began to study journalism in Syria, but did not have a chance to finish it, because of the war which is still going on. In the video, Yolla takes the role in interviewing a journalist, a correspondent for Radio Free Europe, Norbert. On the other side, Katia, Yollas younger sister, describes the journey from Syria to Croatia.
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Young immigrants in ZagrebAround 80 children found their temporary home in Zagreb's Hotel Porin. They come from all over the world. Most of their free time they spend playing at playgrounds or working on their Croatian. It's easy for kids to integrate into society and they are likely to live in Croatia.
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Children in Porin from televizijastudent on Vimeo. |
Kid refugees on social media
Across the globe, nearly 50 million children have been uprooted, with 28 million fleeing brutal conflict and millions more escaping extreme poverty. Here is how the social media and the Internet react on it!
People with a big heart
Numerous volunteers and non-governmental organizations give their spare time to those who need it the most on a daily basis.
More than 90 people, mostly families with their children found a temporary shelter in Croatian town Kutina, far away from the war torn homeland. Volunteers organize workshops for the children every day, help them with their learning and integration into the local community.
Do you want to be one of the volunteers?
Here are some options for you:
More than 90 people, mostly families with their children found a temporary shelter in Croatian town Kutina, far away from the war torn homeland. Volunteers organize workshops for the children every day, help them with their learning and integration into the local community.
Do you want to be one of the volunteers?
Here are some options for you: