Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

CFP: Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Immigration Law, Leiden, Neth., 23 November 2018 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 31 July 2018.

Job announcement: Researcher, Scottish Refugee Council [info]
- Candidates sought for "research into the language, educational and well-being needs of separated children in Scotland and the extent to which these needs are being met by Glasgow Clyde College’s '16+ESOL Programme'." Application deadline is 24 August 2018.

Publications:

Caught Between Categories: Defining Unaccompanied Minors in the Danish Asylum System, Thesis (Aalborg Univ., May 2018) [text]

Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action: Igniting Hope (UNFPA & IFRC, July 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Disparate Accommodation: A Significant Challenge to Accessing ‘Child-Sensitive’ Refugee Status Determination Procedures for Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Legal Protection," Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, vol. 7, no. 2 (April 2018) [full-text]
- Focuses on Bulgaria.

The Enormous Cost of Toxic Stress: Repairing Damage to Refugee and Separated Children (Future Development Blog, July 2018) [text]

Legal Analysis: Myanmar Violating Rights of the Child Obligations (Kaldor Centre, June 2018) [text]
- See also related Thomson Reuters Foundation News story.

“Like a Lottery”: Arbitrary Treatment of Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Paris (Human Rights Watch, July 2018) [text via ReliefWeb] 

*Protecting Children on the Move: A Guide to Programming for Children Affected by Migration and Displacement (Save the Children, July 2018) [text]

*Le Regroupement Familial des Bénéficiaires d'une Protection Internationale en Belgique (UNHCR, June 2018)
- An executive summary and findings/recommendations are available.

Training Materials on Access to Justice for Migrant Children (International Commission of Jurists, May 2018) [access]
- Available in English, Bulgarian, German, Greek, Italian, and Spanish.

UNHCR Urges Australia to End Separation of Refugee Families (UNHCR, July 2018) [text]

Yes, the US Border Policy is Harsh – but Australia’s Treatment of Refugee Children Has Also Been Deplorable (The Conversation, June 2018) [text]

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Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (22 June 2018)

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