New guidance to help social workers assess age of young people seeking asylum

Date: 13th June 2012
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Scottish Refugee Council

Age assessment guidance aimed at helping vulnerable young asylum seekers get the right support, has been launched by Scottish Refugee Council.

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Not a minor offence: unaccompanied children locked up as part of the asylum system

Date: 25th May 2012
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Refugee Council

This report discusses the situation of children detained as part of the asylum process because a decision has been made to treat them as adults.

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I don’t feel human

Date: 28th February 2012
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: The Children’s Society

A new report by The Children's Society reveals alarming levels of destitution among refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant children and young people.

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Landing in Dover

Date: 17th January 2012
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Children's Commissioner for England

The Landing in Dover report from Maggie Atkinson, the Children's Commissioner for England, discovered that unaccompanied children arriving into Kent were returned to France if they did not apply for asylum straightaway.

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Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Guide - Your Rights

Date: 1st August 2011
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Scottish Refugee Council

This leaflet will provide asylum seeeking children with information about their rights if they are currently, or have been looked after by a local authority.

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Working with refugee children: Current issues in best practice

Date: 24th May 2011
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Immigration Law Practitioners' Association

This guide produced by The Immigration law Practitioners' Association (ILPA) focuses on refugee children, but the principles and practices described apply to all migrant children.

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“I’d play all day and night if I could”

Date: 9th May 2011
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Children's Parliament

The need for better recognition of the child's right to play brought the International Play Association (Scotland) and the Children's Parliament together with children across Scotland to talk about what play means to them and how their experience of play could be better.

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Young Scot: Access All Areas

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Young Scot

Young Scot Access All Areas was a three-year inclusion project, which aimed to empower young people from ethnic minority, refugee, asylum seeking and faith groups to influence service provision in their local area, enhance access and promote inclusion.

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Protecting Refugees

Date: 11th January 2011
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

This information pack covers a range of important topics, such as asylum-seekers and detention, refugees and social and economic inclusion, refugees and violence, internal displacement, forced returns and stateless persons.

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Positive Images Toolkit

Date: 1st October 2010
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: British Red Cross

The Positive Images toolkit is an educational resource for teachers, youth workers and other educators that can be used to teach young people, aged 12 and over, about migration and development.

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