3%   4%  9%  

21%  

48%  

Pakistan   Eritrea   Iraq   Afghanistan   Syria  

EUROPEAN REFUGEE CRISIS

Response Dashboard Updated 29th January 2016

The number of refugees prepared to make potentially perilous journeys to flee conflict and persecution is at an all-time high. According to UNHCR 1,015,078 people crossed the Mediterranean in 2015, and more than 54,000 have already made the dangerous journey this year. 856,723 people arrived in Greece since in 2015, compared to 40,000 in 2014. In Italy more than 150,000 arrived last year, including at least 11,100 children who have arrived alone, without any parents or family at all.

In many transit countries there is no management in place in informal camps, with dire conditions in some and inadequate facilities across all. Even the formal reception/ detention centres in many countries lack management capacity and ability to provide access to basic facilities. Children, elderly, female-headed families and people with disabilities are highly vulnerable, with screening and reception facilities overwhelmed.

The vast majority of refugees and migrants travelling to the EU come from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea and Nigeria. The conflict in Syria alone has seen more than four million people flee the country. Often arriving in neighbouring countries unable to cope with the massive influx, many of these refugees choose to continue their journey north and west towards Europe via either the Mediterranean Sea or over land via Turkey and Greece.

Top 5 Nationalities

2016 so far Source UNHCR

Source: UNHCR

Percentage of arrivals who are children

Source: UNHCR

Number of people who arrived in 2015

Est. number of people missing/ killed

236 (3,810 in 2015)

Source: UNHCR

27%

Number of people who crossed the Mediterranean 54,518

1,015,078

KEY FIGURES 2016

ITALY 157,692

arrivals*

1.069m ARRIVALS IN

EUROPE*

GREECE 907,391  

ARRIVALS*

SPAIN 3,592 arrivals*

MALTA 105 arrivals*

MOROCCO

LIBYA EGYPT

TURKEY

UNITED KINGDOM

GERMANY

NORWAY

SWEDEN

FINLAND

IRAQ

SYRIA

JORDAN

LEBANON

DENMARK

SERBIA

CROATIA

FRANCE

EUROPEAN REFUGEE CRISIS Key Where we are helping

child asylum seekers

Transit routes

*Arrivals since the start of 2015

 

Non Food Items Shelter WASH Education Protection Health Nutrition Food Security & livelihoods For more information visit: savethechildren.net

URGENT NEEDS

CHILDREN on-the-move, especially unaccompanied children, are at high risk of abuse, exploitation, violence and trafficking as they journey from points of origin to Western European countries.

CHILDREN find themselves affected by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, malnutrition, dehydration and lack access to child-friendly asylum procedures and information.

CHILDREN are in desperate need for psycho-social support, protection, safe spaces, shelter, food, clothes and water.

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Map updated 29th January 2016

FYROM

EUROPEAN REFUGEE CRISIS

NORWAY, SWEDEN, FINLAND

SAVE THE CHILDREN RESPONSE

Save  the  Children  is  ensuring  the  children    are  protected  wherever  possible.

Save  the  Children  is  ac8vely  coordina8ng    with  governments,  UN    agencies  and  other  NGOs  to  respond  to  the  humanitarian  crisis.

We  already  run  programmes  across  five  regions,  protec8ng  children  as  they  flee  alone  or  with  their  family  and  those  children  who  are  trafficked  or  exploited.  We  work  along  the  whole  route  that  refugees  take:  we  work  in  the  countries  they  are  fleeing  –  like  Syria,  where  brutal  war  has  ripped  apart  the  lives  of  millions.  We  work  in  countries  that  are  known  as  ‘transit  countries’,  those  en  route,  like  Turkey,  Serbia,  Macedonia,  Croa8a,  Greece  and  Italy  –  ensuring  the  children  are  protected  wherever  possible.  We  also  work  in  countries  like  Germany,  to  ensure  that  these  children  understand  their  rights  and  have  access  to  care  and  support.

LIBYA, EGYPT

 31,145 people sought asylum in Norway IN 2015 Sweden :163k applications in 2015 of which 35,369 were UAM Finland: 32,478 asylum seekers in in 2015

DENMARK, GERMANY, UK

216,000 eeeeearrivals in November in Germany 15,020 asylum applications in the UK in the first half of 2015

SPAIN, ITALY

153,842 arrivals in Italy in 2015 and 3,850 so far this year. Arrivals in Italy have included 13,000 UAM 5,000 asylum requests in Spain so far in 2015

CROATIA

In  Sweden  our  helpline  received    57  calls  from  11-­‐24  January  and  have  CFSs  in  Trelleborg  and  Malmö  .  We  are  reaching  690  children  through  ac8vi8es  in  recep8on  centres  in  Norway.  In  Finland,  19  children  are  living  in  our  supported  living  unit.

In  Denmark,  we  have  trained  50  volunteers  in  Psychosocial    First  Aid  (PFA)  and  we  have  set  up  local  supply  depots,  for  CFSs  to  ensure  a  rapid  response  capability  for  future  needs.

In  the  UK,  we  have    delivered  2,000  gi`  in  kind  English  for  speakers  of    other  languages  books  to  recep8on  centres  for  children  arriving  in  the  UK.  

In  Italy,  we  are  assis8ng    at  sea  landing  and  reaching  unaccompanied  children  through  par8cipa8on  and  CFS  ac8vi8es  at  the  southern  border.   We  are  also  providing    informa8on  about  legal  assistance  and    interna8onal  protec8on  at  recep8on  centres  in  Milan  and  Rome.  

GREECE

in 856,723 gggggarrivals in Greece in 2015 and more than 54,000 already this year

In  Croa8a,  39,407  people  through  our  response,  including  36,808  children,  and  are  running  a  Mother-­‐Baby  Area  where  we  are  providing  Infant  &  Young  Child  Feeding  in  Emergencies  (IYCF-­‐E)  support.  We  are  also  distribu8ng  essen8al  winter  clothing  including  hats,  gloves,  scarves,  socks  and  newborn  and  baby  kits.  

1292,484 hd people have transited through Slavonski Brod camp in Croatia

SERBIA, FYROM

In  Serbia  we  have  reached  more  than  43,000  people  and  are  providing  daily  hot  meals  and  are  running  24/7  a  safe  space  with  13  beds,  a  res8ng  zone  and  hygiene  facili8es.  In  FYROM,  we  have  reached  2,670  children  to  date  with  recrea8on  ac8vi8es  and  distribu8on  of  winterisa8on  kits.

Th 43,639 arrivals in Serbia in 2015 20,906 arrivals in FYROM from 1-21 January

500- gggg700,000 arrivals 50% of which are children  in Egypt

We  are  working  in  transit  countries  ensuring  children  are  protected  wherever  possible.  

In  Turkey,  we  are  sejng  up  two  Adolescent  Friendly  Spaces  which  will  provide  non-­‐formal  educa8on  and  psycho-­‐social  support  to  children.

In  Egypt,  we  have  carried  out  child  protec8on  risk  assessments  for  displaced  Libyan  children  living  in  Alexandria,  where  we  have  also  distributed  140  educa8on  kits.  We  have  also  distributed  302  blankets  to  103  Libyan  families,  including  244  children.

2.2 million ffffffrefugees are housed in Turkey 450,000 Syrian refugee children are not in formal education

SYRIA, TURKEY, JORDAN, LEBANON, IRAQ

Response Dashboard

Updated 29th January 2016

We  have  reached  We  work  261,815  people  so  far.  We  work  mon  the  island  of  Lesvos,  at  the  Northern    Greek  Border  (NGB),  Chios    and  Samos,  have  sent  a  team  to  cover  Kos  and  Leros,  and  we  are  assessing  Athens  as  an  opera8onal  area  given  the  returns  of  people  from    the  NGB  to  Athens  due  to  border  closures.