Unaccompanied migrant children: a travesty of EU values

Afshan Khan has 28 years of experience in international public service. Prior to her current position, she held a number of other high-level positions at UNICEF, including as Director of Emergency Programmes, Director of Public Sector Alliances and Resource Mobilisation, Associate Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, and Representative to Jamaica. She has as well extensive field experience, including through assignments in Kenya, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Colombia. Aside from her work with the United Nations, Khan also served as CEO of Women for Women International, a non-profit organisation helping women rebuild their lives after war.

Amanda Rohde oversees Friends of Europe’s work on: digital & data governance; peace, security & defence; and EU-Asia relations. She also works as the coordinator for strategic research & evaluation in the context of the organisation’s work on Africa. Prior to joining Friends of Europe in 2016, she worked in the Research Unit of International Crisis Group – tracking conflicts across Africa and Asia – and as a teacher in South Korea. Amanda holds a Master of Advanced International Studies from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, where she focused her studies on conflict and crisis analysis, and a BA in linguistics from the University of Florida with a special focus on African languages and literature.