Migrants and refugee children are vulnerable and have increased health risks. It is expected that a large proportion of these children will stay in our society for a longer period of time and EGCH believes that this group is therefore entitled to the same entitlements to care as children who are permanently present here. Following the successful spring conference in March 2015, the working group on refugee children was set up to devote attention to this.

Migrant and refugee children who enter the municipalities as new status holders confront us with the following problems:
1. Unknown health status
2. Increased somatic and psychological health risks based on exposure to war violence, poor conditions in the final phase of the original country and at the time of the flight.
3. Lack of systematic screening for somatic and psychological problems upon arrival in the Netherlands.
4. Frequent transfers and lack of coordination in the chain leading to incomplete transfer of acquired knowledge per location.

The working group is responsible for the following actions:
1. A systematic literature review has been carried out in collaboration with the VUMC and the AMC into the difference in the prevalence of various diseases per region of origin.
2. Problem analysis among paediatricians, youth doctors and general practitioners who work with migrant and refugee children.
3. Creation of a national multidisciplinary working group for the development of a multidisciplinary guideline in which paediatricians, paediatricians and child psychiatrists are represented.
4. Establishment of EKANN

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