Massive Data Gaps Leave Refugee, Migrant and Displaced Children in Danger and Without Access to Basic Services
UNICEF, UNHCR, IOM, Eurostat and OECD urge Member States to address the data and evidence gaps pertaining to children on the move, and include the following child-specific considerations in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees:
Disaggregate data by age and sex;
Cover key issues relating to children affected by migration and displacement;
Make better use of existing data, and share it;
Coordinate data efforts within countries and across borders;
Make special efforts to collect and analyse data on children.
An estimated 28 million children were living in forced displacement in 2016, but the true figure is likely much higher
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