Refugees
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World Refugee Day: Almost 2 million children estimated to have returned to “unliveable conditions” in Syria in 18 months
Almost 2 million children have returned to their hometowns in Syria in the past 18 months - the largest voluntary movement of returnees globally - but many find their homes damaged, basic services collapsed and the land contaminated by explosive devices, Save the Children said.
Rohingya boat departures nearly double this year as aid cuts and insecurity force families out of camps
The worrying increase comes ahead of the region’s annual monsoon season, which brings heavy rains and winds, and puts refugees fleeing by boat at heightened risk of capsize on choppy seas.
TANZANIA: Over 130,000 children risk losing essential services as refugee camp closures approach
More than 130,000 refugees and asylum-seeking children living near Tanzania’s border with Burundi could lose access to education and all essential services in coming weeks due to an accelerated repatriation programme.
Fate of 20,000 children in NE Syria camps uncertain as security situation deteriorates
About 20,000 children in displacement camps and in facilities referred to as “rehabilitation” centres in northeastern Syria are at heightened risk as fighting intensifies and the situation remains fluid, with limited clarity on the security conditions affecting children and families.
FAMILIES FLEEING DR CONGO TO BURUNDI FACE HUNGER, COLD AND LOST SCHOOLING FOR CHILDREN - SAVE THE CHILDREN
Families fleeing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are arriving in Burundi at overcrowded camps with nothing, leaving children hungry, traumatised, and at risk of disease.
Children in refugee camps on Thai border head back to school as cuts in food allowance creates uncertainty
There remains significant uncertainty around future donor support for even basic services in the camps which are home to more than 100,000 people. They live in densely packed areas consisting mostly of wooden homes set on hills and dotted along narrow and muddy roads cutting through jungle-clad countryside a stone’s throw from Thailand’s border with Myanmar.