The Asylum Seekers and Refugees Solidarity Association (ARSA) has prepared the report “Barriers to Education, Protection, and Wellbeing among Forcibly Displaced Children in Türkiye: An Evidence-Based Advocacy Report from Kayseri” to document the key barriers and risks affecting the education, protection, and wellbeing of forcibly displaced children in Kayseri.

Conducted in 2025, the study draws on focus group discussions with children and caregivers, key informant interviews with professionals, field observations, and aggregated administrative protection data. By placing children’s experiences and perspectives at the centre, the report examines the interconnected challenges affecting education and inclusion, psychosocial wellbeing, child protection, and household economic conditions.

The findings indicate that documentation and registration barriers, language difficulties, and education-related costs can significantly affect children’s access to and participation in education. At the same time, discrimination, bullying and exclusion, economic hardship, uncertainty, limited access to sustained psychosocial support, and gaps in protection and referral mechanisms can negatively affect children’s safety and emotional wellbeing. These challenges are often interconnected and can accumulate over time, increasing risks to children’s development, participation, and opportunities.

Based on these findings, the report highlights three key advocacy priorities: reducing administrative and registration barriers to education; strengthening school- and community-based psychosocial support, child protection, and referral pathways; and improving support for economically vulnerable households through social assistance, education-related support, and livelihood linkages.

The report aims to support public institutions, schools, municipalities, humanitarian organizations, and other relevant stakeholders in developing coordinated, child-centred, and rights-based responses that address education, protection, and wellbeing together. It also serves as a bridge between field-level evidence from Kayseri and policy and practice, translating children’s experiences and frontline evidence into practical and context-responsive recommendations.

Supported by: Terre des Hommes through the project Enhancing Refugee Children’s Rights and Inclusion in Türkiye.

Access the Full Report

The full report “Barriers to Education, Protection, and Wellbeing among Forcibly Displaced Children in Türkiye: An Evidence-Based Advocacy Report from Kayseri” is available at the link here.