Thematic Focus: Children

Opportunity: 

Online course: Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster and War: Global Perspectives [info]
- "During this course, participants will: learn how trauma can affect children and the systems they depend on, gain insight into core concepts, research methods and lessons learned in last 50 years of resilience research, learn how research is being applied in the real world through interventions that promote resilience, and engage in discussions with others who are working with children at risk around the world."

Publications:

Asylum in the United States for Unaccompanied Children (Carnegie Council, Feb. 2017) [text]

Child Mobility in the EU’s Refugee Crisis: What are the Data Gaps and Why do They Matter? (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2017) [text]

Child Protection Issue Brief: Family Tracing and Reunification (UNHCR, Jan. 2017) [text]

EASO Practical Guide on Family Tracing, EASO Practical Guide Series (European Asylum Support Office, March 2016) [text]

EMN Ad-Hoc Query on Rules on Family Reunification of Unaccompanied Minors Granted Refugee Status or Subsidiary Protection (European Migration Network, May 2016) [text via Refworld]

Longing to Feel "Safe and Comfortable": Protecting Unaccompanied Minors (Institute for the Study of International Migration, Jan. 2017) [text]

Seeking Asylum in Ukraine: Unaccompanied Children Forced to 'Age' Faster (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview (Congressional Research Service, Jan. 2017) [text]

Unaccompanied Minors in Greece: Who Can 'Save' Them? (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Unaccompanied Minors Seeking for Protection in the European Union: Will a Fair and Adequate Asylum System Ever See the Light?," Chapter in Migration and Development: Some Reflections on Current Legal Questions (CNR Edizioni 2016) [full-text]
 - Scroll to p. 175.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children (12 Jan. 2017)

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