Regional Office for Southern Europe
Children arriving in 2017 Accompanied 8%
Italy UASC Dashboard – August 2017
Italy - Unaccompanied and Separated Children (UASC) Dashboard August 2017
UASC 92%
13,227 13%
Between 1 January and 31 August 2017, 13,227 unaccompanied and separated children arrived in Italy by sea, representing 13% of all sea arrivals in this period. This proportion is comparable to the first eight months UASC of 2016, when 15% of those arriving by sea were UASC. However, consistent with a recent drop in sea arrivals, UASC numbers have also decreased compared to January-August 2016, when 16,863 UASC arrived. of sea arrivals
UASC and accompanied children sea arrivals trend
UASC and accompanied children: sea arrivals to Italy Most common nationalities
4,000
2,000
3,500
3% 46
1,800 3,122 3,094
1,600
3,000
7% 99 1% 20
1,400
2% 30
2,500
1,200 2,000 1,616
1,699
4% 35
800
1,250
39% 301
97% 1736 93% 1381
1,077
600 1,000
99% 1337
98% 1297
798 571
500
22
138
196
238
63
176
14% 155
1,000
Year 2016
1,500
7% 80
93% 1116
86% 964
400
252
96% 796
61% 476
200
41
0
4% 30
2% 12
96% 683
98% 690
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UASC arriving by sea in the first eight months of 2017 most commonly originated from Guinea (1,736), Côte d'Ivoire (1,381), The Gambia (1,337), Bangladesh (1,297), and Nigeria (1,116). During this period, significant numbers of UASC arrivals also originated from Eritrea (964), Mali (796), the Syrian Arab Republic (476), Somalia (683), and Senegal (690).
Proportion of UASC by nationality among total sea arrivals Somalia
The Gambia
Iraq
29%
Distribution by age, gender, UASC and accompanied children by nationality
24%
29%
100%
1%
1%
90%
20%
17%
80%
3%
14%
70%
71% 76%
71%
24%
0% 7%
3%
1% 13%
17%
0%
3%
1% 9%
1%
8%
29% 24%
19%
19%
17%
30%
85%
77% 68%
22%
86%
83%
82%
73% 63%
61% 42%
20%
80%
0% 13%
60%
40%
76%
1% 15%
30%
2%
Eritrea
20%
24%
0% 15%
50%
Guinea
Syrian Arab Republic
0%
47%
10%
83% 0%
Eritrean UASC were the most numerous UASC group arriving by sea in 2016, with over 2,600 registered at landing points in the first eight months of the year. However, during the same period in 2017, only 964 Eritrean UASC have disembarked, accounting for 17% of Eritrean sea arrivals so far this year. In the first eight months of 2017, 29% of Somali arrivals were UASC, followed by 29% of Iraqi arrivals, 24% of Gambians, 24%
