Child poverty remains a concern

• Children at risk of poverty fell from 28% in 2012 to 25% in 2017
• But for children with foreign parents it rose from 36% in 2016 to 41% in 2017
• Regional disparities continue with child poverty rates ranging from 15% up to more than 40% in some Member States
• EU and national efforts to address child poverty are emerging

Children in migration

• Asylum-seeking children fell from 215,000 in 2017 to 170,000 in 2018
• Unaccompanied children applications dropped from 31,000 in 2017 to 19,800 in 2018
• Unaccompanied and separated children arriving in Europe via the Mediterranean fell from 13,300 in the first 7 months of 2017 to 3,500 in the same period of 2018
• But, reception conditions for children in some Member States remain a serious problem due to inadequate accommodation and access to education, and the use of immigration detention

Towards child-friendly justice

• Member States have to transpose EU law on safeguards for children who are suspects or accused in criminal proceedings by June 2019
• This will make proceedings more child-friendly
• Only a few Member States had completed transposition by the end of 2018