Mediterranean ‘becoming a cemetery for children and their futures’, Unicef says

More than 11,600 unaccompanied children have crossed the Central Mediterranean to Italy so far this year the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says, an increase of 60 per cent compared with last year. Many of the flimsy and crowded boats sink or capsize in the Mediterranean, leading to over 2,000 deaths so far this year, according...