The Peruvian Special Commission for Refugees has reported that approximately 700 asylum applications are received on a daily basis in Peru.

The National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ended a week long participatory assessment for 355 exempted Liberia refugees and other nationals across the country.

Turkey, the UN and partners launched the Turkey chapter of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) 2018/2019.

MHPSS workplan for Ministry of Health has been finalized by members and waiting the final endorsement by Ministry of Health

During the last MHPSS SWG, the online 4Ws tool has been presented and discussed, a consultant will be hired to fill out all agencies information on the online tool which is on MHPSS.net.

During February, SGBV WG finalized gap analysis; the document identifies gaps in the minimum standard multisectorial response to GBV, barriers and how to overcome them.The gap analysis will guide SGBV working group strategy, action plan, inform programming and will be disseminated and use as guidance for advocacy with donors and resource mobilization.

GBV IMS taskforce hold the first meeting for 2018 and conducted analysis of 2017 data that will inform the annual report. Based on the result of an assessment conducted by coordinator a new organizations joint data gathering organization and is new member of GBV IMS taskforce.

During February, Protection Sector gender focal points presented the summary of their developed Protection Sector Gender Analysis that was conducted by the Sector’s Gender Focal Points (SGBV, CP and Protection), the study aims to assess the gender dimensions of the protection needs and challenges facing Syrian refugees in Jordan.

United Nations agencies and NGO partners today released the 2018 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis, a US$951 million appeal to meet the urgent needs of nearly 900,000 Rohingya refugees and more than 330,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis in the communities hosting them.

UNHCR Senior Regional WASH Officer visited White Nile refugee camps Al Waral, Jouri, Al Kashafa and Al Redis I and II and flagged 3 key priorities for state WASH response: Urgent need to rehabilitate and de-sludge communal latrines; and installation of household latrines to address widespread open defecation driven by people’s unwillingness to use most latrines. While improved coverage of household latrines is a key priority of the WASH response, a lack of space in most camps without site extensions requires continued reliance on communal latrines.