This special attention is often not provided and it is the children who suffer most. These camps are often run by military groups who force the children into army training and battle. Emergency procedures should be put in place to guarantee the survival and protection of unaccompanied children. Family tracing programs must be established. Assistance programs must be set up to help these children find their families and regain a normal life.
Most children have some family somewhere.
Therefore, no adoptions should be permitted until complete family tracing has been attempted. Measures must be taken to prevent sexual violence, the withholding of materials in camps, and the recruitment of children into armed forces. Women and children must be involved in designing these measures. Having no name and no nationality is a risk for refugee children as they may have difficulty in establishing their identity and nationality. As article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child provides, all children should be registered and receive citizenship at birth.