Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Publications:

Alterations to the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Website since President Trump’s Inauguration (Sunlight Foundation, Sept. 2019) [text]
- Note: "ORR has responsibility for the care of immigrant children who are unaccompanied or separated from guardians." See also related press release.

Child Labor among Syrian Refugees: A Closer Look at the Coercive Effects of Lebanon’s Refugee Policies (Univ. of Texas, Oct. 2019?) [text]

Children Stuck in Limbo: Examining the Vulnerability of Unaccompanied Minors in Northern France (Refugee Rights, Aug. 2019) [text]

Desperate Journeys: Refugee and Migrant Children Arriving in Europe and How to Strengthen Their Protection, January to September 2019 (UNHCR, Oct. 2019) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for report in English and press release in Arabic; see also French version. See also related UNHCR news story.

Guidance to Respect Children’s Rights in Return Policies and Practices: Focus on the EU Legal Framework (Unicef et al., Sept. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Returning Unaccompanied Children: Fundamental Rights Considerations (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Sept. 2019) [text]

Rights of Internally Displaced Persons: Note by the Secretary-General, UN Doc. No. A/74/261 (UN General Assembly, July 2019) [text]
- Focuses on IDP children.

Safe Haven: A Study on the Needs of Refugee Children Arriving in Ireland through the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (Children’s Rights Alliance, Sept. 2019) [text]
- See also related press release.

Synthesis Report: An Analysis of Four Case Studies of Youth Migration (Feinstein International Center & Save the Children, Sept. 2019) [text]
- The four case studies examined the situation of young refugees and migrants in Addis Ababa, Bengaluru, Kampala and Vienna. More info about the project is available here.

Collections:

Children on the Move: The Health of Refugee, Immigrant and Displaced Children [access]
- Special issue of Children (Sept. 2019), with 12 papers.

Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Children (Univ. of Oxford) [access]
- Follow link for podcast series.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (18 Sept. 2019)

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