Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Reports & journal articles:

American Psychological Association Calls for Immediate Halt to Sharing Immigrant Youths' Confidential Psychotherapy Notes with ICE (American Psychological Association, Feb. 2020) [text]
- Follow link for letter.

Children Affected by Armed Conflict, 1990–2018, Conflict Trends, no. 1 (PRIO, 2020) [text]

"Educational, Psychosocial and Protection Outcomes of Child‐ and Youth‐Focused Programming with Somali Refugees in Buramino Camp, Dollo Ado, Ethiopia," Disasters, Accepted Articles, 19 July 2019 [open access]

Family Reunification Rights of Refugees and Beneficiaries of Subsidiary Protection (EPRS, Feb. 2020) [text]

In Children’s Best Interests: Advancing a Fundamental Standard for the Treatment of Immigrant Children, Washington, DC, 13-14 Feb. 2020 [info]
- Follow link for conference documents, slide presentations, and video recordings. Video is also available via Refugees International.

Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health: Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9075 (World Bank, Dec. 2019) [text]
- See also related Development for Peace blog post.

"Matter of L-E-A-: Attorney General Overrules Finding of Family as a Social Group," Harvard Law Review, vol. 133, no. 4 (2020) [full-text]

*"The Protection of Unaccompanied Migrant Minors Under International Human Rights Law: Revisiting Old Concepts and Confronting New Challenges in Modern Migrant Flows," American University International Law Review, vol. 35, no. 2 (2020) [full-text]

Safeguarding Children's Rights in Immigration Law (Intersentia, 2020) [info]
- Read the Preface for more information. The chapter entitled "Appellate Asylum and Migration Proceedings in Belgium: Challenges for the Best Interests of the Child Principle and Unity of Jurisprudence" can be accessed via the Univ. of Ghent.

"They have erased the dreams of my children": Children’s Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/43/CRP.6 (Human Rights Council, Jan. 2020) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for report in English and Arabic.

*"Voices from Syrian Minors as Refugees: Expectations from the International Community," Child Indicators Research, Latest Articles, 20 Feb. 2020 [Academia]

*Voices from the Border: Voices of Unaccompanied Migrant and Refugee Children, Washington, DC, 27 Feb. 2020 [info]
- Follow link for video.

"You Will Never See Your Child Again": The Persistent Psychological Effects of Family Separation (Physicians for Human Rights, Feb. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for executive summary and full report. A Spanish version of the press release is also available.

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Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (28 Jan. 2020)