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When am I Going to Start to Live? The urgent need to repatriate foreign children trapped in Al Hol and Roj Camps
Al Hol and Roj camps in North East Syria (NES) are home to over 60,000 people, the vast majority of them women and children. Their populations are made up of Syrians and Iraqis – many of whom arrived in the camp fleeing from violence and conflict caused b
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Back to School? Refugee children in Greece denied right to education
Refugee children in Greece also face dire prospects of receiving a quality education. Even before Covid-19, less than a third of refugee and migrant children were actually enrolled and attending school. The education crisis on the Greek islands is particu
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Refugee Rights Headlines: A compilation of blogs from the Refugee Rights Europe Vol. II
This booklet provides a selection of blog posts from Refugee Rights Europe’s website from the past year, from November 2020 to present. An important part of Refugee Rights Europe's work the past 5 years has been to shed light on the situation experience
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Impact of COVID-19 on Protection and Education Among Children in Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya September 2020
Save the Children conducted research in three refugee camps in Dadaab in Kenya which explored the impact of COVID-19 on children’s education, young mothers’ livelihoods and gender-based violence. This study highlights programmatic adaptations made in resp
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A Children's Crisis: Update on Al Hol camp and COVID-19 concerns
A COVID-19 crisis in Al Hol would be a children’s crisis. Children in the camp, many with already weakened immune systems or underlying health conditions as a result of living in desperate conditions during their formative years, may struggle to cope with
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C19 Rapid Scoping. High Density/Resource Poor Populations: Reflections, Thematic Snapshots, and Activities
COVID-19 poses particular challenges for populations living in high density, resource poor communities, such as displacement camps or urban slums, where water for washing hands can be scarce and crowded accomodations make social-distancing near impossible
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Case Management Guidance for Disease Outbreak: Situations where access to affected communities in and outside of camps is limited
Children are particularly vulnerable during infectious disease outbreaks. This is partly because children with other conditions may fall ill but also as environments in which children develop and grow may be disrupted. In addition to this, it is also like
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Child Protection Risks During COVID-19
Throughout the world children are facing heightened protection risks due to the COVID-19, this is especially true for Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. Since the beginning of the pandemic services and support systems for children h
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Camp Coordination and Camp Management Guidance on Camp-Level Preparedness and Response Planning: Iraq
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 (the coronavirus) a pandemic. The virus has now spread across the globe and is a common threat to the health of everyone. In refugee camps, there are a number of protection concerns that m
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Guidance on Home Quarantine and Isolation in Overcrowded Settings
The first case of COVID-19 in Lebanon was recorded on 21 February 2020. Since then, more cases have been reported with history of travel or contact with confirmed cases with a travel history. One of the strategies used to tackle the spread of the disease
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We Must Prevent a Lost Generation: Community-led education in Rohingya camps
Lack of education has become a major source of concern for Rohingya refugees living in the camps of Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh restricts formal schooling for refugee children and youth, and humanitarian agencies navigate a hig
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Rohingya Refugee Response: Child-focused secondary data review
Over the last decade, many Rohingya escaping violence in Myanmar have found refuge in Cox Bazaar. August 2017 saw the beginning of a large and rapid influx of refugees, including 400,000 children, fleeing across the border in response to escalating violen