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No Mother Wants her Child to Migrate: Vulnerability of children on the move in the Horn of Africa
This report by UNICEF Innocenti Office of Reseach presents the results of a qualitative study looking into the situation of children in the move on the Horn of Africa. Each month, children and young adults leave Somaliland seeking a better life abroad. Re
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Balkans Migration and Displacement Hub Data and Trend Analysis: Regional overview (January-March 2019)
Data and Trend Analysis (DATA) Refugees and Migrants at the Western Balkans Route Regional Overview, covering period January - March 2019, describes key trends in migrations in the region, detailing information about the number of people on the move, demo
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Balkans Migration and Displacement Hub Data and Trend Analysis: Regional overview (October-December 2018)
Data and Trend Analysis (DATA) Refugees and Migrants at the Western Balkans Route Regional Overview, covering period October- December 2018, describes key trends in migrations in the region, detailing information about the number of people on the move, de
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Families Torn Apart: Protecting and caring for children separated from their families by the conflict in North-east Nigeria
Children’s experiences are different from those of adults and we believe that children are well placed to articulate their own needs and desires. As such this assessment, which is a part of Save the Children’s Protecting Children in Conflict (PCiC) centen
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Children Come First: Intervento in frontiera
The general objective of the project "Children Come First: Intervention at the border" is to strengthen the system of protection and reception of migrant children arriving in Italy, whether they are separated or accompanied by their parents. The project a
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Community-based Surveillance of Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Drought-affected Northern Ethiopia
Children separated from their caregivers in humanitarian emergencies are vulnerable to multiple risks. However, no field-tested methods exist to capture ongoing changes in the frequency and nature of separation in these contexts over the course of a protr
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"We Can't Help You Here": US returns of Asylum Seekers to Mexico
The present report by Human Rights Watch provides findings from in-depth interviews with asylum-seekers, government officials, local activists, and attorneys on the "Migrant Protection Protocols" Program in the United States and Mexico. Of the 15 079 asyl
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On the Move Alone (OMA): A practical tool for case management of unaccompanied migrant children in southern Africa
This practitioners’ guidebook and On the Move Alone (OMA) Tool is intended to serve as the official guide for SADC member states in the development of their National Action Plans. These plans are set to be aligned to the new Regional Strategic Plan to Add
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From Europe to Afghanistan: Experiences of child returnees
This report assesses the impact on children of being returned from Europe to Afghanistan. Through interviews with individual children, their parents or guardians, and with governmental and non-governmental actors, it builds a picture of children’s materia
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Psychosocial Care for Unaccompanied Minors in Europe: Is there an economic case? (Discussion paper)
This discussion paper aims to provide an overview of the scope of activities of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in relation to the protection of unaccompanied migrant children and support for this group. It significantly draws on IOM’s
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Migration and Displacement of Children in Latin America and the Caribbean
During 2016-2017, 300,000 unaccompanied and displaced children from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala were detained in the United States. The migration is primarily due to violence and poverty in their home countries. Save the Children is actively work
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Alone and Unsafe: Children, migration, and sexual and gender-based violence
The number of children on the move, including those traveling alone, has grown substantially and alarmingly in the past decade. In 2017, it was estimated that at least 300,000 unaccompanied and separated child migrants were in transit in 80 countries – a