Children who are displaced and, on the move, too often on their own, are at great risk of violence, exploitation, and abuse. Preventing and responding to displacement and family separation due to conflict is crucial to protect children from harm.

 

• Take steps to protect children from becoming stateless and refrain from taking any action, in law or practice, that will render a child or put a child at risk of becoming stateless

• Take measures to achieve universal birth registration, and restoration of civil documentation, including during situations of conflict, and for refugee children

• Improve access for children fleeing persecution and armed conflicts to territory, child-friendly asylum procedures and durable solutions

• End immigration detention for children and their families and put in place safeguards to prevent family separation in the context of displacement resulting from armed conflict, including at border crossings, when returned, and in detention

• Reunify families wherever possible and remove barriers to restoring family links. Promote family tracing and reunification support, including by the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

• Promote inclusion of displaced and refugee children into national systems so they can access necessary services

• Adequately equip and deploy social workers with skills and knowledge to prevent and respond to family separation in situations of armed conflict
• Take measures to establish family-based care as the primary and preferred form of alternative care for unaccompanied children