Refugee and displaced children

Refugee and internally displaced children

Refugee and internally displaced children

Refugee and internally displaced children

Shortages are particularly acute among refugees and displaced children.

122. The Committee is concerned at the situation of internally displaced children and refugee and neglected children.

Internally displaced children separated from their families often face extremely precarious situations.

(b) To take extra measures to protect refugee children and internally displaced children, particularly girls, from being abducted

Many children were displaced and homeless for various reasons, without anybody addressing their needs.

Violence and exploitation are not the only problems faced by displaced women and children.

Millions of people a large number of them children are now displaced or homeless.

More than 80 per cent of the victims and displaced were women and children.

In that regard, particular attention should be paid to the protection of children living in areas affected by internal violence, displaced children, disabled children, children living in poverty and children living in institutions.

Following a community reintegration approach, other war affected children such as street or working children, internally displaced children and child returnees will also benefit from the programme.

Protection of civilians also includes the special protection needs of displaced persons, women and children.

The situation of handicapped and displaced children in boarding schools and orphanages is particularly difficult.

It notes with particular concern the very poor living conditions of many internally displaced children and children living in so called informal settlements.

The target population includes 700,000 children under the age of five and 1.6 million displaced persons.

Negligence, prevention of child labour and abandonment of children and internally displaced persons should also be covered.

(g) Case studies on children in especially difficult circumstances, especially those in conflict situations, as well as children who are refugees or have been displaced

Females in displaced persons camps are especially vulnerable the study notes that nearly a third of all displaced children (31 per cent) reported rape as a problem within their

Orphaned, abandoned or displaced children who have been cut off from their parents are catered for in orphanages.

During the course of the conflict, over 25,000 children have been abducted, while 1.7 million people have been displaced.

During the war, support for education concentrated on the supply of school books and materials for the displaced children.

(c) To adopt a policy on refugee, displaced and returnee women and children that will provide for the full integration of women and children into the relevant programmes.

The Committee expresses its concern about the difficult access to education and health care for refugee and internally displaced children.

197. The Committee continues to be seriously alarmed at the effects of emergency situations on children, as well as at the problems faced by homeless and internally displaced children.

It also recommends that effective measures be undertaken to ensure that displaced children have equal access to education and health care.

UNICEF continued to play a central role in addressing such needs for displaced and other war affected children around the world.

The provision of adequate food rations and other assistance also reduces the vulnerability to recruitment of displaced and war affected children.

Displaced populations, particularly women and children who are displaced as a result of conflict, emergencies or trafficking, are more likely to be marginalized and face sexual violence, exploitation and dislocation from support networks and services.

She called for a reassessment of assistance modalities and renewed focus of support on emergency assistance to displaced people and other groups at risk of hunger and malnutrition as well as primary education for displaced children.

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In January 2013, Al Caravan dedicated itself to roam the remote areas for displaced families' children basic learning, education, and entertainment activities.

Trafficking is a further serious risk that is heightened when people are displaced, families separated, children are orphaned and livelihoods are destroyed.

The plight of displaced people especially women and children in those conflict situations and in refugee camps needs to be urgently addressed.

With the return of peace, they had vigorously worked to reintegrate displaced populations, especially women and children, into social and economic life.

According to estimates by the United Nations Children apos s Fund (UNICEF), of the 2.4 million displaced in northern and southern Sudan, there are at least 50,000 children affected by the war.

A further 2.5 million were internally displaced. Over 1 million men and 250,000 women and children died in the war. At present, nearly 200,000 people are internally displaced in camps near Jalalabad, bracing for a severe winter.

Hundreds of children in your country have already died, tens of thousands have been injured and displaced, all of them have been traumatized.

Internally displaced (IDP) and refugee women escaping conflict become vulnerable when fleeing alone or with children, unprotected by community members or male relatives.

Teams consulted with groups of displaced adults and children, thereby strengthening the participatory assessment of their needs and enhancing awareness of their concerns.

In collaboration with UNICEF, UNESCO and other organizations, UNHCR supported primary and secondary schooling for displaced and refugee children in the former Yugoslavia.