Migration crisis. Revealed: Fourfold rise as 95,000 unaccompanied children claim asylum in Europe in 2015

At least 95,000 unaccompanied children applied for asylum in Europe in 2015, four times the numbers for 2014, an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism published in April 2016 revealed.

The huge increase was discovered by the Bureau during an investigation into the level of migration among unaccompanied under-18 year olds in Europe and the stark inconsistencies in the way they are treated.

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