Amid Migrant Crisis, Children Suffer The Most

Amid Migrant Crisis, Children Suffer The Most
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8 September 2015
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As French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agree on a plan for spreading the migrant load across the continent, many thousands of children have already arrived on the European mainland, often suffering from lack of water, food, and unpredictable weather conditions.

Associated Press photographers captured 24 hours of a crisis that shows no sign of ending — such as a Syrian boy, lying semi-naked on a concrete floor suffering from the effects of a heat wave on the Greek island of Lesbos. The boy was at a protest by migrants and refugees demanding faster processing by authorities and the issuing of travel documents.

<span class='image-component__caption' itemprop="caption"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22.152px; background-color: #efefef;">A Syrian boy, suffering from the effects of the heatwave, sits as migrants and refugees take part in a protest to demand faster processing by local authorities of their registration and the issuing of travel documents, at the port of Mytilene, on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015</span><br />
 </span> A Syrian boy, suffering from the effects of the heatwave, sits as migrants and refugees take part in a protest to demand faster processing by local authorities of their registration and the issuing of travel documents, at the port of Mytilene, on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015  

Another young Syrian boy was pictured wrapped with a thermal blanket after arriving on Lesbos with others aboard a dinghy from Turkey. Volunteers helped the dozens of dripping and shivering children from the dinghy to the safety of the European shore.

Greece's caretaker government says at least two-thirds of the estimated 15,000 to 18,000 refugees and economic migrants are stranded in "miserable" conditions on the Aegean island and will be ferried to the mainland in the next five days.

<span class='image-component__caption' itemprop="caption"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22.152px; background-color: #efefef;">A young Syrian boy is wrapped with a thermal blanket as he arrives with others at the coast on a dinghy after crossing from Turkey, at the island of Lesbos, Greece, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. </span><br />
 </span> A young Syrian boy is wrapped with a thermal blanket as he arrives with others at the coast on a dinghy after crossing from Turkey, at the island of Lesbos, Greece, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015.   

In Germany, one photo painted quite a different picture — one of optimism. Two young boys arrive at Munich's train station, smiling and clutching cuddly toys in brightly-colored clothes. They're perhaps at the end of their journey — poised to get first registration as asylum seekers in Germany.

<span class='image-component__caption' itemprop="caption"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22.152px; background-color: #efefef;">A young refugee with a cuddly toy in his hand arrives at the main train station in Munich, Germany, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. </span><br />
 </span> A young refugee with a cuddly toy in his hand arrives at the main train station in Munich, Germany, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015.   

Learn more about the migrant crisis and how you can help children in need here

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