World: Migrant and refugee children in 2025 via mixed migration routes in Europe - Overview of Trends 2025

Countries: World, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain Sources: International Organization for Migration, UN Children's Fund, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Please refer to the attached file. Highlights 31,100 children arrived in Greece, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, and Malta in 2025 (22% girls and 78% boys).1 This was 25 per cent less than the total number of child arrivals in 2024 (41,700). More than two thirds of all children who arrived in Europe in 2025 – 20,800 (67%) – were recorded