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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants on the Move in Europe: A multi-agency guidance note
An unprecedented number of individuals and families, including increasing numbers of children, have crossed the Mediterranean and Aegean seas in an attempt to reach safety and security in Europe. This guidance note, prepared my multiple agencies, provides
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UNHCR Information Management Toolkit
Information Management (IM) has been identified as a core responsibility of UNHCR by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and is also endorsed as a special project for the organization throughout 2012–2014. The Emergency Information Manageme
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I am Here, I Belong: The urgent need to end childhood statelessness
Stateless children are profoundly affected by their status. The UNHCR has released this report to highlight the case of stateless children in the world. In July and August of 2015, UNHCR spoke with over 250 children and adolescents, and their parents and
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Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2015
This study finds a global increase in displacement of 50% in the past five years, from 42.5 million forcibly displaced people in 2011 to 59.5 million in 2014; the current number of displaced globally is the highest since the aftermath of World War II. Thi
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Community-Based Outreach Outside of Camps
This briefing note investigates the different protection risks that face refugees who live outside of camps. These can include the threat of arbitrary arrest and detention, harassment, exploitation, discrimination, inadequate and overcrowded housing, as w
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Community Centres- UNHCR Community-Based Protection in Action
This briefing note presents UNHCR’s approach to community-based protection. In situations of forced displacement, the ties which hold a community together are often severely weakened or broken. Tensions can arise not only amongst different displaced commu
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Global Trends: Forced displacement in 2014
Every year, adults and children across the world are forced to flee their homes due to violence and disasters. The Global Trends reports by UNHCR are produced every year in order to present current trends on forced displacement. This report presents and s
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UNHCR Comments on the Draft General Comment on the Right to Just and Favourable Conditions of Work (Article 7 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)
Refugees and stateless persons constitute an important group of persons with specific vulnerabilities in exercising their work rights. Although refugees and stateless persons’ work rights are more specifically protected under the 1951 Convention relating
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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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Operational Guidelines for Cash-Based Interventions in Displacement Settings
A comprehensive, step-by-step guide on how to conduct a cash-based intervention in displacement settings. The guidelines walk the reader through the project cycle, from assessments, analyzing the different response options and choosing the best combinatio
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Child Protection Issue Brief: Mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of children
The insecurity experienced by displaced and refugee children can have damaging physical, social and psychological consequences affecting their well-being and development. In contexts of forced displacement, parents and caregivers may have difficulties in