Child Protection Mexico Project #34224

Supporting Child Refugees and Migrants

by UNICEF USA

Project Report | Jun 15, 2020
Update: Child Refugees and Migrants

By Whitney Simon | Manager, Global Cause Partnerships

Dear Friend,

The number of people displaced by armed conflicts and violence reached unprecedented levels in 2019, with nearly 71 million people forced from their homes.Children are disproportionately affected, making up one third of the world’s population, but half of all refugees and 40 percent of people internally displaced by conflict and violence.

Child refugees and migrants have lives which are defined by great vulnerability. These children have lost access to school, health services, their homes and their communities. Child refugees and migrants are at greater risk of being trafficked, abused and exploited; they also face increased risks of malnutrition and disease, all risks that have been amplified by COVID-19 and its effects. Ailments such as measles, diarrhea and respiratory infections thrive in overcrowded emergency shelters. In addition, displacement settings often lack the services to address the special needs of children with disabilities, who may find themselves among the most marginalized.

Thanks to your support in 2019, UNICEF was able to serve the needs of migrant and refugee children across the globe. Some examples of UNICEF’s work include:

Nearly 20,000 refugee and migrant children throughout Europe were reached with quality child protection support, including mental health and psychosocial support, legal counseling and case management;
Over 182,000 conflicted affected children throughout LAC benefited from programs to prevent and address violence, abuse and exploitation, including gender-based violence;
In Yemen, more than 1.2 million vulnerable displaced people received rapid response mechanism kits within 72 hours of being newly displaced; and
In the Syrian Arab Republic and refugee-hosting countries including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, over 3.1 million children were enrolled in formal and non-formal education

In 2020, your continued support will help ensure that UNICEF and partners can continue to serve the multifaceted needs of migrant and refugee children world-wide.

In Partnership,

Whitney Simon

Links:

Child Migrants and Refugees as the Center of COVID-19 Response

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Feb 18, 2020
Update: Migration Outflow from Venezuela

By Whitney Simon | Manager, Global Cause Partnerships

UNICEF/UN0316118/MORENO

Dear Friend,

Venezuela continues to have one of the fastest-growing outflows of migrants and refugees in the world. By the end of 2019, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean were hosting 3.9 million Venezuelans out of the 4.8 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants worldwide. As it stands, this outflow of children and families represents the largest displacement in this region’s recent history. Currently, 67 percent of Venezuelan migrants and refugees are being hosted in only seven countries: Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. The scale of needs resulting from this outflow has surpassed the capacities of these seven receiving countries, thus straining the already vulnerable host communities.

Thanks to your support, in 2019 UNICEF and partners were able to scale up assistance to both Venezuelan refugees and migrants, as well as host communities. In the past year, UNICEF’s response throughout these seven countries reached over 288,000 children; from refugee, migrant and host communities, who received assistance through services and supplies in key areas such as education, health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).

Below are a series of target indicators that were reached in 2019:

Reached 37,000 children in Colombia with formal and nonformal learning activities
Provided over 52,000 children and family members in Peru with hygiene kits and information of safe hygiene practices
Prevented acute malnutrition for over 7,100 children in Ecuador by providing nutritional supplements
Reached over 27,600 children in Brazil with psychosocial support interventions
Provided 303 families in Panama with legal assistance focused on immigration regularization processes

Your generous support has led to renewed livelihoods for children and their families throughout these seven host countries. Going forward, as children and families continue to flee Venezuela, UNICEF must stay persistent in scaling up its response. In 2020, UNICEF estimates that over 1.9 million children will need assistance in countries receiving the highest influx of Venezuelan migrants and refugees. Your continued support has been, and continues to be, critical in UNICEF’s efforts to ensure that these child migrants and refugees, as well as children in host communities, not only sustain a livelihood, but thrive once again.

Sincerely,

Whitney Simon

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Nov 22, 2019
Update: Migration Outflow from Venezuela

By Whitney Simon | Manager, Global Cause Partnerships

Aranza plays in a UNICEF Child Friendly Space

Dear Friend,

Thank you for your support of UNICEF’s work for child migrants around the world. Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are hosting at least 3.5 million Venezuelan migrants and refugees out of the three million Venezuelans migrating worldwide. UNICEF estimates that over 1.1 million children in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago need assistance. Those in need include Venezuelan migrants and refugees, host communities and non-Venezuelans returnees. The high and unpredictable migration flows are stretching the capacities of host countries and increasing demands on already limited services and structures at the host community level.

With your generosity, those affected have access to registration, protection, inclusive education, health and nutrition services, and adequate temporary or permanent housing. In Colombia, UNICEF and partners advocated to support the national government within the initiative to prevent statelessness. By the end of the year, it is expected that the nationality of approximately 28,000 children will be recognized.

In Peru, UNICEF finalized the installation of 31 ecologic points in all Binational Border Service Centers (CEBAFs). In Ecuador, more than 2,000 people received legal assistance and more than 6,100 people benefited from the temporary spaces provided by UNICEF. During August, more than 3,200 children and adolescents in Brazil received education and psychosocial support through the 21 integrated spaces located in Boa Vista and Pacaraima. This humanitarian intervention has been reinforced with the creation of two new integrated spaces in Manaus. In Panama, with the support of UNICEF, the office of the National Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and Families installed a Migrant Child Protection Working Group that aims to improve State coordination and response for the protection of migrant children.

Due to your support, UNICEF will continue implementing life-saving and urgent activities while advocating for and supporting host governments to ensure the provision of key interventions that support children both in the short and long term. Donations like yours will also help UNICEF play a key role in facilitating and aligning approaches across the region. We appreciate your continued support of children and their families who have been forced from their homes around the world. We will continue to provide updates regarding the impact your support is making.

Sincerely,

Whitney Simon

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