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Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)
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Action Towards Increased Quality Education for Internally Displaced Children: Recommendations for the High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement
At the end of 2019, at least 13.4 million school-age children (5-17 years old) were internally displaced due to conflict or violence. These numbers are likely an underestimate with many internally displaced children unaccounted for due to lack of data. Th
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Global Report on Internal Displacement 2020
During 2019, conflict and disasters triggered 33,4 million new internal displacements across 145 countries and territories. These numbers are the highest since 2012. However, many countries and regions also experienced visible efforts to prevent and respo
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The Health of Internally Displaced Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
Around 41,3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) were located around the world at the end of 2018. The same year, internal displacement in sub-Saharan Africa was higher than in any other region, with approximately 7,4 million people displaced due t
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Humanitarian Action for Children 2021: Children on the move and COVID-19 in Mexico and Central America
Mexico and other countries in Central America are facing significant humanitarian needs due to migration flows, violence, internal displacement, food insecurity and poverty. The ongoing difficulties in Mexico and Central America is exacerbated by the ongo
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Lost at Home: The risks and challenges for internally displaced children and the urgent actions needed to protect them
At the end of 2019, approximately 45.7 million people were internally displaced due to conflict and violence. Nearly half were estimated to be children. In many countries around the world, these children lack access to essential services, which deprives t
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Hidden in Plain Sight Thematic Series: Becoming an adult in internal displacement
Internally displaced young women and men, like all internally displaced people (IDPs), are impacted by displacement in multiple ways. As they are at a crucial time in their lives for their personal, social and professional development, they may have parti
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Achieving Durable Solutions for Returnee Children: What do we know?
We are in the midst of a profound ‘returns-first’ shift in the global politics of child displacement. In response to soaring numbers of displaced worldwide –68.5 million, of which more than half are children – governments around the world are increasingl
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Situation of IDP Children: War Child UK's recommendations for consideration and inclusion in General Assembly report
This document summarises War Child UK's recommendations for the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) report for the General Assembly. Information contained was gathered from country teams in South Sudan and Iraq a
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Equitable Access to Quality Education for Internally Displaced Children
There are millions of children living in internal displacement, many of which do not have access to education and thus cannot benefit from the long-term opportunities it affords. Exiting barriers to education include a lack of capacity and resources, pers
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Civil Documentation for Internally Displaces Persons (IDPs) in Protracted Displacement
This rapid review examines evidence on how the Iraqi government can simplify or provide temporary civil documentation to IDPs in protracted displacement. Conflict and violence are the main triggers of internal displacement; therefore, information is provi
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Tearing Down the Walls: Confronting the barriers to internally displaced women and girl's participation in humanitarian settings
Meaningful participation of internally displaced women and girls is essential to guarantee that any interventions by governments or humanitarian actors are directly relevant and sustainable for them. However, internally displaced women and girls face seve
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Twice Invisible: Accounting for internally displaced children
The number of internally displaced people by conflict and disasters globally is unknown. Most of the time so is information about their age. Internally displaced children are at high risk for abuse, neglect, violence and health issues, and require extensi