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Thematic Area: Children in displacement

By 2018, almost half of the refugee population worldwide was composed of children. Displacement exposes children and their families to a wide range of distressing and dangerous events. These include threats to their safety, loss, adversity, and separation from families and communities. Unaccompanied children are even more exposed to risk.

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The Effects of State Terrorism and Exile on Indigenous Guatemalan Refugee Children: A Mental Health Assessment and an Analysis of Children’s Narratives

This study examined the mental health and psychosocial development of 58 Guatemalan Mayan Indian children living in 2 refugee camps in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Conventional assessment instruments were adapted for use in this unique context, and semistructured interviews were utilized to gather phenomenological data from children regarding various developmental, sociocultural, and political topics.…
  • Publication year: 1996
  • Content Type: Academic paper

Refugees and the City: The Twenty-First-Century Front Line

This report assesses the characteristics of urban displacement and identifies challenges and opportunities confronting cities. In the process, it challenges myths associated with the “refugee burden” in cities, offering preliminary recommendations for stepping up international, national and municipal cooperation.
  • Publication year: 2018
  • Content Type: Report

Depressive Symptomology Among Namibian Adolescent Refugees

Symptoms of depression have been considered rare in sub-Saharan populations. Using a standard assessment measure of depressive symptomatology, the Beck Depression Inventory, the prevalence of symptoms of depression was obtained from a group (N = 56) of Namibian refugees (ages 12-23) residing in a sub-Saharan host country. Average time spent in host country 5 years.…
  • Publication year: 1985
  • Content Type: Academic paper

Housing, Land & Property Issues in Lebanon: Implications of the Syrian Refugee Crisis

The urgent need for basic shelter has pushed many Syrian families to live in poor conditions, frequently in spaces not designed as shelters. The situation is further exacerbated with the arrival of new refugees, reducing hence the availability of housing and increasing the risk of eviction. The presence of these refugees has also had adverse…
  • Publication year: 2014
  • Content Type: Report

PASSA Youth: Participatory Approach for Safe Shelter and Settlements Awareness

This manual is for use by National Societies of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) wishing to use PASSA Youth in their programmes. The Participatory Approach for Safe Shelter Awareness (PASSA) is a methodology, implemented in partnership with Habitat for Humanity International, that aims to provide young people aged between…
  • Publication year: 2016
  • Content Type: Toolkit

UNHCR Policy on Cash-Based Interventions

UNHCR’s Policy on Cash-Based Interventions (CBIs) is introduced herewith to expand and systematise the use of CBIs as a modality of assistance and service delivery across the organization and its operations worldwide. The Policy reconfirms UNHCR’s commitment to the increased use of CBIs and sets out the corporate vision and objectives to be achieved by…
  • Publication year: 2016
  • Content Type: Report

Mass Displacement and the Challenge for Urban Resilience

This report examines all forms of migration: forced and voluntary, domestic and cross-border, and in response to different pressures (particularly disasters and conflict). It focuses on the very large numbers of people moving out of conflict-affected places, across international borders, into urban areas of neighbouring or nearby countries. The report assesses the impact of mass…
  • Publication year: 2017
  • Content Type: Report

Displaced in Cities: Experiencing and Responding to Urban Internal Displacement Outside Camps

A growing proportion of people internally displaced by armed conflict and other violence live in cities and towns. This report looks at their experience in four cities – Mosul in Iraq, Baidoa in Somalia, Maiduguri in Nigeria and San Pedro Sula in Honduras – and recommends a number of important ways to improve the humanitarian…
  • Publication year: 2018
  • Content Type: Report

Responding to Protracted Refugee Situations Lessons from a Decade of Discussion

This RSC Policy Briefing analyses the impact of protracted displacement on the human rights and access to livelihoods of millions of people and examine how protracted displacement situations accentuate the risk of chronic regional insecurity, fragility and conflict spill over. Through tracing the history of international responses to protracted refugee situations (PRS), the brief examine…
  • Publication year: 2011
  • Content Type: Report

Working with Young Children Who Are Victims of Armed Conflict

The article gives evidence of psychosocial interventions designed to help children affected by conflict and displacement. Through a systematic review, the article concludes that psychosocial interventions and normalisation of routines are more effective than therapeutic interventions that draw on PTSD and thus tend to impose cultural norms from minority world countries.
  • Publication year: 2010
  • Content Type: Academic paper

How The Different Policies and School Systems Affect the Inclusion of Syrian Refugee Children in Sweden, Germany, Greece, Lebanon and Turkey

This article compares how Syrian refugee children experience inclusion or exclusion in schools systems in Sweden, Germany, Greece, Turkey and Lebanon. The authors conclude that schools that include refugee children in regular classes with local children result in higher levels of school success compared to segregated systems which result in children leaving or not attending…
  • Publication year: 2019
  • Content Type: Academic paper

Understanding the Root Causes of Displacement: Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Prevention and Solutions

The UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) eighth annual High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges – on the theme Understanding and addressing the root causes of displacement – will take place on 16 and 17 December 2015 in Geneva. The dialogue seeks to foster a more nuanced understanding of the drivers of displacement and to identify opportunities…
  • Publication year: 2015
  • Content Type: Report

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DeCID: Co-designing social infrastructure with children affected by displacement is a project led by The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (UCL) and CatalyticAction, and funded by UKRI through the Global Challenges Research Fund.

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