Sons of a minor god. Immigrant children victims of violence and exploitation

The current migration crisis in Europe represents a huge challenge for European governments nowadays. Particularly the Mediterranean countries, and mainly Italy, receive significant flows of migrants. The rate of migrant minors (children and adolescents) included in these migratory waves has grown sensitively during the last years and Unaccompanied Migrant Minors (UMMs) represent a vulnerable target at higher risk of loss, trauma, disappearance, child traffic, PSTD, emotional disorders, deviant behaviors. In this field, SOS II Telefono Azzurro Onlus (no-profit organization) runs the 116 000 hotline for missing children in Italy, promote an advocate and integrative mental-health child- centered approach for counteracting the typical risks to which UMMs' are exposed to. The main aim is to promote a full integration of those children in the hosting countries thanks to a life-project approach.