{"id":2429,"date":"2020-03-02T10:20:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/data.unicef.org\/data-for-action\/?p=2429"},"modified":"2020-03-02T10:20:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:20:03","slug":"lack-of-quality-data-compounds-risks-facing-millions-of-displaced-and-migrant-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/data.unicef.org\/data-for-action\/lack-of-quality-data-compounds-risks-facing-millions-of-displaced-and-migrant-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of quality data compounds risks facing millions of refugee and migrant children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>UNICEF, IOM, UNHCR, OECD, countries and other partners join forces to protect children through the International Data Alliance on Children on the Move <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The widespread lack of quality data on millions of displaced and migrant children is compounding the serious risks they face, a coalition of international organizations announced today in New York during the launch of the International Data Alliance on Children on the Move. The Alliance \u2013 led by UNICEF, IOM, UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and OECD, and currently including about 30 members from government agencies, NGOs, civil society and other partners \u2013 aims to improve data and statistics on this vulnerable group of children to support evidence-based policymaking that protects and empowers them.<\/p>\n<p>Improving the availability of data on migrants in vulnerable situations, including children, was one of the main themes discussed during the second International Forum on Migration Statistics in Cairo earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTens of millions of children have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced, but in so many cases, we don\u2019t have the information needed to keep them safe,\u201d said Mark Hereward, UNICEF Associate Director for Data and Analytics. \u201cIf we don\u2019t know who they are, where they\u2019ve come from or whether they\u2019re alone, how can we ensure they are protected and get the support they need? Improving data quality, availability and analysis is essential to properly identifying and reaching these children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween 2014 and 2018 more than 1,825 children \u2013 an average of almost one every day \u2013 were reported dead or missing. Many more such incidents go unrecorded. This is a grim reminder that children are among the most vulnerable groups of migrants,\u201d said Frank Laczko, Director of IOM\u2019s GMDAC.<\/p>\n<p>The work of the Alliance will also support implementation of the two Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees as well as the child migration relevant targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaving no one behind is the central promise of the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs. We need more harmonised data, as a prerequisite for making sound policy decisions. This is the only way to show the extent of the challenges children on the move face and their vulnerability,\u201d said Deputy Director General of Statistics Netherlands, Dr Bert Kroese.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next two years, the Alliance will work to achieve three primary objectives:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Support countries and regions to strengthen their capacities to collect, analyze and use data on migrant and refugee children.<\/li>\n<li>Produce an annual flagship report with data on migrant and refugee children to monitor global progress in improving data and highlight key knowledge gaps.<\/li>\n<li>Convene an annual conference and establish a global network to facilitate the exchange of local, national, regional and international good practices on data collection, analysis and dissemination to support data initiatives between and within countries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Alliance will also coordinate and work closely with other established groups and networks focusing on data in migration and displacement, including the UN Migration Network, the UN Expert Group on Migration Statistics (EGMS), the Expert Group on Refugee and IDP Statistics (EGRIS), and the Global Compact on Youth in Humanitarian Action.<\/p>\n<p>The launch event for the Alliance was jointly organized by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations, Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations, Statistics Sweden (SCB), UNICEF, IOM, UNHCR and OECD. The Alliance remains open for countries, NGOs, civil society and academics to join.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/data.unicef.org\/topic\/child-migration-and-displacement\/migration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNICEF Data website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The United Nations International Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)form the joint secretariat of the International Data Alliance on Children on the Move.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF, IOM, UNHCR, OECD, countries and other partners join forces to protect children through the International Data Alliance on Children on the Move &nbsp; The widespread lack of quality data on millions of displaced and migrant children is compounding the serious risks they face, a coalition of international organizations announced today in New York during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-children-and-migration","category-data-and-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lack of quality data compounds risks facing millions of refugee and migrant children - UNICEF Data for Action Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lack of quality data compounds risks facing millions of refugee and migrant children - UNICEF Data for Action Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UNICEF, IOM, UNHCR, OECD, countries and other partners join forces to protect children through the International Data Alliance on Children on the Move &nbsp; 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