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The stricter application of the 30 days rule following pre-registration for temporary protection status continues to have positive impacts in the second quarter. If no action is taken by the security apparatus, the pre-registered individuals are automatically cleared at the end of 30 days and show as registered. This has led to a 117% reduction nationally in the registration backlog between March and June 2017 in the ten provinces in SE. Prioritisation of newly born children and school age children (primary and secondary education) through the Governorate’s approval continue in the provinces despite lack of consistency in procedures followed. For those already registered, the DGMM registration verification project is continuing to roll out, with zones three and four (of seven) now reached and 215,751 individuals’ information verified at end of June 2017.
Actors have been working together to strengthen NGO and government partners’ capacity to identify children with serious protection concerns and refer them to specialized protection services. UNICEF conducted a training of trainers workshop for over 60 staff from I/NGOs who have been assigned to outreach teams operating in eight provinces. These outreach teams are responsible for conducting household visits to the most vulnerable families in order to identify and refer at-risk children to relevant services and authorities and are expected to reach over 20,000 children in refugee populated provinces.
Child Protection Sub-working Group members in southeast have adapted the global child protection risk assessment matrix to the Turkey context, which will harmonize actors’ risk-level classification and bring attention to the high risk categories. The adapted matrix will replace the global tool in the UNHCR best interest procedures training package in Turkey.