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No Voice, No Choice: Increasing risks for children in Dadaab refugee camp
Five months after the Government of Kenya announced its decision to close Dadaab and accelerate the voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees in safety and dignity to liberated areas and safe locations within Somalia, the Dadaab refugee population is livi
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The Difference We Make: Middle East and Eurasia Region Annual Report, 2015
Save the Children works in around 120 countries worldwide to achieve breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. In the Middle East and Eurasia region we work in 20 countries. 2015 saw the expansion of Save the Children’s physical operating enviro
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BARN: Värld på Flykt. Nr 2, 2015
This edition of Save the Children Sweden's quarterly magazine "Barn" examines the lives of those families and children who live in refugee camps as a result of the conflict in Syria. It also discusses the question of boat migration via the Mediterranean S
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Detained Youth: The fate of young migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees in Libya today
This study provides information on the current and ongoing detention of young migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees in Libya. Through in-depth interviews with former detainees, serious violations are revealed to have occurred in Libya’s immigration detent
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Updated Regional Framework for the Protection of South Sudanese and Sudanese Refugee Children
In response to the humanitarian crisis and in light of the serious impact on children, UNHCR and child protection partners decided to jointly develop a Regional Framework for the Protection of South Sudanese and Sudanese Refugee Children (the Regional Chi
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Walk the Talk: Review of donor's humanitarian policies on education
Education is a fundamental right for all children in all situations. Yet in the world today, about 58 million primary school aged children are denied their right to education (UNESCO, 2015). Half of them, 28.5 million, live in conflict and crisis affected
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How are We Helping Refugees?
Save the Children is on the ground in Lesvos, Greece, engaging in activities to provide services to refugee children. Child friendly spaces and child protection professionals are on hand to make sure that children receive the care that they need. Mother a
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Determining Acceptable Customary Caregiving Arrangements with Congolese Refugees in Rwanda: Findings from rapid studies in two camps and a toolkit for moving forward
This report presents both the process and the findings from a recent attempt to better understand customary caregiving arrangements for refugee children living in two camp-based populations in Rwanda. The study emerged from UNHCR’s recognition that althou
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Regional Review of the Child Protection Response for the South Sudanese and Sudanese Refugee Children
The expectant prospects of the world’s youngest nation were shattered on December 2013, when violence broke out in South Sudan’s capital, quickly spreading to other locations throughout the country. With almost 70% of the refugees from South Sudan and Sud
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Too Young to Wed: The growing problem of child marriage among Syrian girls in Jordan
This briefing focuses on a less publicized consequence of the crisis in Syria: the rising number of refugee girls who have been forced to marry. Refugee communities in Jordan were the focus of this investigation, although similar trends have appeared in
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Evaluation of Child Friendly Spaces Iraqi Field Study Report
In a three-year collaboration, World Vision International and Columbia University, now joined by UNICEF and Save the Children, are seeking to document the protective and restorative effectiveness of Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs), identify good practice in
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Advancing Adolescence: Getting Syrian refugees and host-community adolescents back on track
The conflict in Syria and subsequent exodus of Syrians into neighboring countries has reached its fourth year. This report analyzes the impact on Syrian refugee and host-community children. A recent study by UNHCR has shown that adolescents are experienci