More than 11,600 unaccompanied children have crossed the Central Mediterranean to Italy so far this year the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, an increase of 60 per cent compared with last year.

Unaccompanied migrant adolescents wait to be transferred to a reception facility in Lampedusa, Italy, after crossing the Central Mediterranean Sea. UNICEF/Niccolò Corti
Unaccompanied migrant adolescents wait to be transferred to a reception facility in Lampedusa, Italy, after crossing the Central Mediterranean Sea. UNICEF/Niccolò Corti

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