How contagious are kids with Covid? Short answer: we don’t know
Are children a major source of contagion for Covid-19? Experts are still divided on the question, even as governments decide whether to keep classrooms open or shut
How does the virus affect children? And should they be in school?
With parents and policymakers agonising over when to reopen schools as lockdowns ease, scientists are still struggling to find out how the new coronavirus affects children
Germany takes in dozens of refugee children from Greek camps
Some 50 unaccompanied refugee children have been flown to Germany from Greece despite COVID-19 concerns. This is the second group to make such a journey out of Greece.
EU to rehouse up to 1,500 refugee children living in Greek camps
Around 116,000 refugees and migrants are currently living in Greece. Among them are an estimated 5,500 unaccompanied minors.
Babies wanted: Nordic countries crying for kids
The Nordic countries were long a bastion of strong fertility rates but they are now experiencing a decline that threatens their cherished welfare model, which is funded by taxpayers
Migrants nudge Germany to highest birth rate since 1970s
Germany recorded a bounce in the birth rate in 2016, official statistics show, hitting a 43-year high helped along by large numbers of recently-arrived migrants.
British families blame Brexit for au pair shortage
Negotiations over Britain's EU withdrawal have started, and some British families are feeling the bite as the number of au pairs from Europe declines.