On the displacement route: protection gaps grow as families move east
Families fleeing fighting are facing growing protection risks along eastern corridors, from separation at checkpoints to unexploded ordnance on informal routes.
Humanitarian monitors report growing protection risks for families fleeing active fighting along the eastern displacement corridors.
Each week, thousands of families move through informal routes where they face checkpoints, exploitation and unexploded ordnance.
Main protection concerns
- Family separation at checkpoints, with children and older people most at risk
- Unexploded ordnance on informal routes used to bypass damaged roads
- Gender-based violence risks in overcrowded transit sites
- Missing civil documentation, blocking access to aid and services
What agencies are doing
Protection partners are deploying mobile teams to the transit hubs, setting up family-linking services, and running risk-education sessions for communities before they move.
“Protection must be part of every humanitarian response from day one — not an afterthought.”
Recommendations
The protection cluster is urging parties to the conflict to guarantee safe passage, to keep schools and health facilities off-limits to military use, and to allow humanitarian actors full access to transit sites.