UN Committee and UNICEF raise alarm over migrant children's plight in South Africa
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The Committee on the Rights of the Child and UNICEF have issued a joint statement expressing deep concern over the plight of migrant children in South Africa and across the African continent. The statement emphasizes that every child has the right to protection, care, and essential services under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. It highlights the heightened risks migrant children face, including violence, exploitation, neglect, family separation, trafficking, and psychological harm.
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As enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, every child has the right to protection, care and essential services, and these rights must be upheld at every stage of their journey.
Children face heightened risks of violence, exploitation, neglect, family separation, trafficking and psychological harm.
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