Evidence on Child Displacement in Pakistan
Report on Internally Displaced Children, Afghan Child Migrants and Forcibly Displaced Children in Pakistan
Highlights
Forcibly displaced children and other child migrants are at higher risk of harmful practices and protection risks, including violence, family separation, human trafficking, increased child marriage, gender-based violence (GBV), forced labour and psychosocial distress.20 In Pakistan, where nearly half of UNHCR’s population of concern are children,21 internally displaced Pakistani children, Afghan child migrants and forcibly displaced children face significant protection risks when living in urban and peri-urban areas.
The present report – seeking to: (1) reflect the complexity of the Pakistani context, including legal frameworks and obligations surrounding migration; and (2) encompass a range of lived experiences of Afghans residing in Pakistan – draws on a combination of definitions at the international, statistical and national levels.
