Refugee, migrant and other vulnerable children in need of protection
UNICEF, together with the Turkish government and civil society partners, is supporting refugees, migrants and other vulnerable children and their families to access critical child protection services.
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The challenge
Refugee and migrant children are often more vulnerable to separation from their families, neglect, violence and abuse, exploitation, social isolation and effects of trauma and distress. This situation has been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic climate.
These children and adolescents have also become even more at risk of dropping out of school, being used as child labour, and subject to child marriage, sexual abuse and violence, economic exploitation, increased domestic violence, host/refugee community tensions, family separation and psychological distress due to fear and anxiety in their households.
The solution
UNICEF, together with the Turkish government and civil society partners, is supporting refugees, migrants and other vulnerable children and their families to access critical child protection services. We do this by:
- expanding the outreach of community-based prevention and response services
- providing psychosocial support programmes for children, adolescents and caregivers
- promoting life skills programmes in both refugee and host communities
- strengthening the capacity of front-line statutory services to respond to the specific needs of refugee and migrant children
- ensuring a coordinated child protection response through targeted programming.
