Migrants: Unicef, 6000 minors assisted in Italy in 2020

(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 25 - In 2020 Unicef ​​intervened alongside the institutions, reaching over 6,000 migrant and refugee minors and young people and about 1500 operators with direct interventions: 3,600 minors and young people were supported with protection services including psycho-social support access to forms of foster care and individualized legal support; 1,400 to prevention and response services to gender-based violence; about 1,000 minors with skills development programs; Among the online actions: over 1,500 operators were trained on child protection and response to gender-based violence; over 5600 young people have expressed their voices through the U-Reporton the Move platform. Over 40 thousand minors and young people reached with information; In 2020, UNICEF also responded to the specific needs linked to the pandemic from Covid-19: 2,400 migrants and refugees reached with medical screening, pre-triage and guidance activities; over 2,800 with the distribution of hygienic material; 1,250 young people were reached with e-learning training courses. On the online side: over 160 thousand people reached with key messages on Covid-19 adapted to linguistic, cultural, age and gender needs; 95,000 people received information on the specific risks associated with gender-based violence during the pandemic; over 2,000 teenagers, including migrants and refugees, were heard during the lockdown on their prospects for the future post Covid-19. (HANDLE).