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Safeguarding people with multiple impairments in the Middle East and North Africa: focus refugees 

This guidance document explains what safeguarding risks people with multiple impairments may face in an emergency or a humanitarian crisis. It provides examples of multiple impairments and explains how people with these may be at heightened risks of being subjected to safeguarding-related misconduct and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) in a crisis. It also provides guidance on how organisations can improve their safeguarding measures to protect people with multiple impairments.