Public Protection Guidance: Identifying and responding to risk and need for people arriving from Ukraine

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children, Children in situations of exploitation, Armed conflict
Author: Scottish Government

This guidance is for all practitioners involved in the safeguarding of vulnerable children and adults arriving from Ukraine into Scotland. It outlines the approach to identifying, supporting and maximising the safety of these individuals.

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Supporting child refugees and their families

Date: 3rd May 2022
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author:

If you work with and support refugee children and families in a professional, voluntary or personal capacity, this resource is just for you. Access advice, guidance, information and training in one place to better understand the rights of children who have been displaced.

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New children’s rights guide about the Global Compact on Refugees and Migration

Date: 18th June 2021
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author:

The Global Compact on Refugees and Migration represents a political will and ambition of the international community for more equitable responsibility-sharing of refugees so host communities can get the support they need to help refugees settle into their new communities. This guide looks at what children’s rights protections are set out in the Compact.

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Video for asylum-seeking children explaining their rights in age assessment procedures

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Council of Europe

This animated video aims to inform children’s understanding of age assessment procedures and how age assessments should be conducted to respect children’s human rights.

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Free online course on unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author:

The course focuses on how to care for and protect unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children who are moving across and between countries. It was developed by the University of Strathclyde and CELCIS, and it is available through FutureLearn .

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CELCIS launches free online course on unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children

Date: 15th August 2019
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children, Child trafficking
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

The Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS), based at the University of Strathclyde, launches a free online course on unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children next month.

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New IOM report on missing migrant children

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children, Child trafficking
Author: IOM

This volume of the Fatal Journey’s series focuses on missing migrant children – given the growing number of children embarking on journeys that are dangerous and often fatal.

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Unaccompanied migrant children guide issued by EU Fundamental Rights Agency

Date: 15th July 2019
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children, Children in situations of exploitation, Child trafficking
Author: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

The guide aims to strengthen child protection responses and includes a focus on child victims of trafficking and children at risk.

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New guidance document: children affected by migration

Date: 27th July 2016
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Kopin

This new resource is a set of recommended principles to guide actions concerning children on the move and other children affected by migration, prepared by a large number of experts from UN agencies, academics, donor agencies and civil society organisations.

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Fundamental rights: challenges and achievements in 2011

Date: 20th June 2012
Category: General measures of implementation, Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

This year's European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights annual report chronicles the positive developments made in 2011 as well as the challenges facing the EU and its Member States in the field of fundamental rights, drawing on objective, reliable and comparable socio-legal data.

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