Inclusive Systems: Strengthening Protection for Children in Migration and Displacement in East Asia and the Pacific

Date: 8 August 2024
Time: 10:00-11.30 AM Bangkok time.

Moderator:

• Peppi Kiviniemi-Siddiq, Senior Regional Thematic Specialist on Migrant Protection, IOM Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Opening remarks:

• Lucio Sarandrea, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Regional Office for East Asia and the Pacific.

Presentation of the latest knowledge products: 

• Venera Urbaeva , Programme Specialist for Migration, UNICEF Regional Office for East Asia and the Pacific: Situation of children Affected by Migration in ASEAN Member States.
• Saskia Kok, Head of Protection Unit, IOM Thailand: Accessibility of Protection Systems for Children in the Context of Migration in Southeast Asia

Panel discussion and Q&A: 

• Amit Sen: Senior Statelessness Officer, UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
• Yuko Nishiguchi: Asia Regional Child Protection Advisor, Save the Children International 
• Saskia Blume: Chief of Child Protection, UNICEF Malaysia

Technical tools and resources:

• UNICEF-IOM Technical Note: Inclusion of Children in the Context of Migration into National Child Protection Systems
• UNHCR UNICEF Inclusion Toolkit Refugee Children in National CP Systems - January 2022.pdf