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Promise to Practice: Following through on commitments to support the future of Syria and the region
The conflict in Syria has created the largest displacement crisis in well over a generation, possibly since the second world war. Six million people remain displaced internally, more than five million are registered as refugees in neighbouring countries a
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Istanbul Labour Market Assessment, May 2017
Turkey is the largest host country offering safe haven to over 2.9 million refugees from Syria. Istanbul hosts an estimated 539,062 Syrians registered under Temporary Protection Regime. It is estimated that half of the urban refugees are young people who
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A Tide of Self-harm and Depression: The EU-Turkey Deal's devastating impact on child refugees and migrants
March 2017 marks one year since the start of the European Union (EU) Deal with Turkey. The Deal was introduced by the EU as a mechanism to reduce the number of “irregular” migrants and refugees arriving in Greece from Turkey, and continuing on to other pa
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Protecting Syrian Children en Route to Europe: A study conducted in Syria, along transit routes & in hosting countries
In December 2015, Altai Consulting was commissioned by Save the Children’s Middle East and Eurasia Regional Office to conduct a research study on the protection of children fleeing from the Syria conflict and traveling to Europe. Fieldwork was conducted o
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Syria Regional Crisis Response: External dashboards- Updated Monthly
According to UNHCR, 5,682,058 people have now fled Syria. Children make up 45% of the refugee population, corresponding to an estimate of 2,556,926 refugee children. To date, we have reached 3,881,246 people in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, and
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Humanitarian Situation Analysis of Syrian under Temporary Protection in Turkey
Gaps in the humanitarian response to Syrians under Temporary Protection mostly affect those living in host communities (corresponding to 90% of Syrians under Temporary Protection). A major gap lies in the lack of legal protection of Syrian populations. In
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Comparative Assessment: Turkish curriculum and Syrian curriculum in Temporary Education Centres
Turkey is hosting the world’s largest number of refugees. Children make up half of this population. However, less than one-third of Syrian children in Turkey are in formal education. There are two formal education opportunities for Syrian children in Turk
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Because We Struggle to Survive: Child labour among refugees of the Syrian conflict (Child labour report 2016)
This study provides pertinent first-hand information on the reality facing Syrian children who are working either in their homeland, the neighbouring countries or elsewhere in Europe. Although children escape the war, they are still not out of harm’s way.
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European Refugee Crisis, Response Dashboard, 29th January 2016
Save the Children’s European Refugee Crisis Response Dashboard provides the latest information on the European Refugee Crisis in Europe. This short report provides key figures and information on the current state of the crisis in Europe, as of the 29 th o
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A Future in the Balance: How the conflict in Syria is impacting on the needs, concerns and aspirations of young people across the Middle East
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) together with the King Hussein Research Foundation and the International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation have undertaken research in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and the Kurdish Region of Iraq to better under
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Children on the Move: Mancala, the Game of Moving
Children on the move are those children moving for a variety of reasons, voluntary or involuntary within or between countries, with or without their parents or other primary caregivers, and whose movement, while opening opportunities, might place them at
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Small Hands, Heavy Burden: How the Syria conflict is driving more children into the workforce
According to this new report, released by Save the Children and UNICEF, the continued conflict and humanitarian crisis in Syria are pushing an ever growing number of children into an often exploitative labour market. The risk of a “lost generation” of Syr