15 February 2021

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Opportunity:

Call for submissions: Spotlight on Refugee Youth Blog Series (The Migration Initiative) [info]
- "The Migration Initiative, the Syrian Canadian Foundation, and Fast Forward Global Initiative invite Refugee Youth to share their integration experiences in Canada. Through your stories, we hope to amplify refugee experiences and mobilize knowledge on refugee policy outcomes."

Blog posts & press:

Communication 56/2018: V.A. v. Switzerland - Rights of accompanied children in asylum proceedings: the challenges of a holistic approach and high quality decision-making (Leiden Children's Rights Observatory, Jan. 2021) [text]

The European Union, UNICEF and UNHCR join efforts to protect children on the move in Central America, Mexico and Southern Africa (UNHCR, Feb. 2021) [text]

Reports:

Advancing Protection for Unaccompanied Children in Europe by Strengthening Legal Assistance (Kids in Need of Defense & Child Circle, Jan. 2021) [text]

Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA) Competency Framework (Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Concrete Steps to Protect Unaccompanied Children on the Move (Kids in Need of Defense, Nov. 2020) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Executive Order on the Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families (The White House, Feb. 2021) [text]
- See also this related Reuters explainer.
 
Journal articles:

"Child marriage in Yemen: a mixed methods study in ongoing conflict and displacement," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 2 Feb. 2021 [open access]

"Exploring Potential Intervention Strategies to Reduce Unsafe Youth Migration in Ethiopia: a Mixed Methods Study," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 15 Feb. 2021 [preprint]

"The Family Separations You're Not Hearing About: Worldwide Practices of Migrant Family Separation," AmeriQuests, vol. 15, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

*"Family strategies in refugee journeys to Europe," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 15 Feb. 2021 [open access]

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, vol. 15, no. sup2 (2020) [open access]
- Thematic focus on "The Predicament of the Child Refugee, with an editorial and 9 articles.

"Refugee Children and Families During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Resilience Framework for Mental Health," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 2 Feb. 2021 [free full-text]

"Unaccompanied asylum-seeking youth in Greece: protection, liberation and criminalisation," International Journal of Human Rights, Latest Articles, 3 Feb. 2021 [free full-text]

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