Afg Protection Cluster Monthly
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MONTHLY UPDATE JANUARY TO APRIL 2019 POPULATION MOVEMENT From January to end of April 2019, 101,278 individuals fled their homes due to conflict in Afghanistan. 87 out of 399 districts have recorded some level of forced displacement, while 51 districts are hosting 101,278 IDPs. 58% Internal (58,741) of IDPs are children, facing additional risks due to the flight and plight of the displacement, including displacement: child recruitment, child labor and increased GBV risks. According to OCHA, 14% IDPs are displaced in hard to reach areas and top hosting districts are recorded: Chapadara (18,340), Mazar-e-Sharif (6,664) and Sar-e-Pul (10,241). As of 01 January up to end of April, 1,683 refugee returnees have returned and were assisted with repatriation. A total of 8,829 undocumented Afghans returned from Pakistan and 157,252undocumented Afghans returned Return to from Iran.4% (469 individuals) undocumented returned from Iran out of 12,779 individuals and 80% (720 Afghanistan: individuals) from Pakistan out of 905 individuals were assisted by IOM during 28 April to 4 May,2019. PROTECTION CONCERNS REGIONS CONCERNS MITIGATION RECOMMENDATIONS CENTRAL ◼ IDPs’ children have limited access ◼ Although effort is ongoing to response to ◼ The state as first duty bearer with to primary education mostly due to the highlighted needs however due to the support of humanitarian actors long distance to school. ongoing conflict and limited resource most need to work together and of the needs remained unmet response to the needs of IDPs and ◼ IDPs have limited access to ◼ During the reporting period WCC returnees, particularly the one who sufficient, safe and nutritious food established 50 TLS and 70 CBE classes for remained in a prolong due to their poor economic 3,244 boys and 3,485 girls Qarabagh, displacement situation with limited conditions and limited access to employment. Bagrami and DehSabz districts of Kabul access to economic opportunities. province and provided stationary, schools bags and text books. Conducted training on ◼ IDPs in Midan Wardak province CRC, and child rights messages have been leave in poor hygienic situation and distributed among IDPs and returnees do not have access to potable water, for getting water they need to walk communities. long distances. ◼ Protection cluster partner CHA/UNHCR assisted 63 PSN cases with direct cash and referred 56 to other service providers. IOM provided assistance to 6 unaccompanied minors and 5 female- headed households. ◼ DMAC conducted 633 MRE sessions to a total of 14,762 males and females including girls and boys on mine risk education in Kabul, Parwan, Lager and Kapisa provinces, in the KEC the DDG team conducted 633 MRE sessions for returnees, and distributed mine risk education (MRE) material including brochures, posters, notebooks, pen, pencil and hotline cards distributed to the returnees. 1 | P a g e MONTHLY UPDATE JANUARY TO APRIL 2019 EASTERN ◼ 2,500 families were displaced in ◼ The humanitarian community and ◼ Accelerate the assessment Chapadara district of Kunar. The line departments deployed 10 joint process and assistance main concerns include SGBV; loss teams (8 teams in Kunar and 2 provision is recommending to of child education especially of Teams in Nangarhar provinces), reduce the suffering of DPs as adolescent girls; psychosocial which comprised of IMC, PU-AMI, well as the possibly of distress; lack of adequate shelter, IRC, WFP-PAT, DACAAR, family separation; and, exposure to duplication and pressure by WAW/UNHCR, IOM, ARCS and explosive remnants. local authorities /population to DoRR staff members. assist affected families. ◼ IDPs trapped in conflict areas reported widespread intimidation ◼ Humanitarian interventions and ◼ Advocacy with the government and harassment and not being response was made in terms of to reinforce and facilitate exit allowed by AGES to flee. food, NFI, Health, WASH and and create a safer corridor for CASH by UNHCR, WFP, AHDAA, ◼ Access to health and education the movement of civilians from IMC, PU-AMI, IRC, IMC, ANDMA ceased in areas captured by ISK. areas of conflict to safer areas. and ARCS to some 3,535 families Two BHCs in Nakura and Degal village of Chapa Dara district were (24,745 Individuals). ◼ The number of women and children among IDP families is closed. predominant and will likely ◼ In response to the risks of ERWs and UXOS, UNMAS deployed an require deployment of CPiE and ◼ The department of education in extra team from Kabul to support GBV related activities especially Kunar reported that 21 schools have mine risk education and awareness in areas hosting a large number been closed due to continued armed of IDPs. clashes. In total affected over 7,000 in affected area. students of different grades were denied access to education ◼ Protection partner WAW/UNHCR identified 39 PSN and referred to service providing organizations for ◼ IDPs further reported that several civilians were killed during the further assessment and assistance. fighting. One person was killed in Warsak village, while in Bar Indor village one child was killed and two others were wounded. NORTHERN ◼ Newly displaced IDPs reported ◼ As a part of information sharing, the issue ◼ NRPC and JATs involved illegal taxation by AGEs in their of illegal taxation by AGEs has been organization to continue monitoring places of origin. The pressure added discussed in the NRPC meetings, of the IDPs’ situation, advocate on continues internal displacements in additional follow up will be conducted with behalf of them and provide the region as civilians cannot afford UNAMA human Rights. required response. to pay. ◼ NRPC to continue following up ◼ Refugee returnees from Pakistan ◼ NRPC through protection partners sectoral gaps in coordination with reported that women and girls have continued monitoring/identifying the needs other clusters and services no freedom in the areas controlling of vulnerable individuals/communities and provider in the region. by AGEs. They cannot attend school referring the needs to services providing ◼ NRPC to raise the concern in the and health facilities. organizations. regional CIMIC meeting while APC ◼ IDPs reported lack of shelter, difficult to advocate with UNAMA at higher access to water and health services. ◼ Survey of VOIED and ERW impacted level to reduce the casualties. ◼ The trend of civilian casualties communities are in progress. Advocacy UNMASS to develop VOIEDs caused by ERW and Victim with parties involved in the conflict through specific clearance standards, Operated IEDs continued in UNAMA, and awareness raising about SOPs and advocate for pilot Northern Region. 206 persons ERW and VOIEDs as well as the affected projects focusing on mapping and affected in 2018, 45% of casualties areas is ongoing. clearance affected areas. were due to VOIEDs, and 54% due ◼ APC with support from AHF to fill to explosive remnants of war (ERW). ◼ NRPC through the members will continue the funding shortfall reported by ◼ Funding shortfall of Mine, ERW, and assessing the incidents and civilian regional UNMAS. VOIEDs civilian casualty’s data casualties. collection section. 2 | P a g e MONTHLY UPDATE JANUARY TO APRIL 2019 NORTH ◼ Existence of planted PPIEDs in ◼ NERPC will continue advocating the issue ◼ Most of the assistance in the EASTERN residential and agricultural areas with the cluster members and other region such as potable water, which remained from ANSF military humanitarian agencies who are shelter and income generation operations. implementing the EiE project in Kunduz activities have been providing in ◼ Lack of school attendance by short province. the context of emergency, terms IDPs’ children in the places of ◼ Based on NERPC advocacy, UNMAS advocacy for long term solution displacement, education facilities do raised the concerns with relevant state need to be done by APC. not enroll the children due to their actors including Kunduz provincial governor ◼ NERPC to follow up with OCHA short stay in the area. for possible continuation of demining on the establishment of EiE ◼ Unavailability of P&O (Prosthetics & operations in residential areas. working group in the region. Orthotics) services in the region, ◼ NERPC followed up with Handicap ◼ APC to further enhance most of cases need to be sent to International office to re-establish the P&O advocacy through UNAMA with Mazar for further medical treatment. services in Kunduz province, however due GoIRA at national level for ◼ Unavailability employment, to unavailability of funding it is still pending reducing human casualties emergency shelter, potable water, and cases need to be referred to other amongst refugee returnees and health and educational facilities for provinces. host community. IDPs and refugee returnee families ◼ NERPC to raise the issue of MRE in Kunduz, Takhar and Badakhshan awareness program at schools level with provinces. UNICEF. ◼ Insufficient mine risk education and awareness raising among IDPs places of displacement including for children at educational facilities. SOUTH ◼ Ongoing armed conflict continually ◼ Monitoring of the situation and reporting ◼ SRPC members to enhance; affecting civilian’s lives in the region, of the incidents through MRM program situation’s monitoring, UNAMA particularly killing and maiming of by UNICEF and UNAMA HRU is to advocate with conflict children due to IEDs and UXOs, and ongoing, including provision of support involved parties, MRM to child recruitment by armed groups through CPAN. establish CPUs at the ANP remained a major concern. provincial