Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Request for comments: Identifying Recommendations to Support the Work of the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families [info]

- Focuses on the US. Submit comments by 10 January 2022.

Blogs & press:

Against the Best Interests of the Child: The Global Injustice of Migrant Externalization (Border Criminologies Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

Family Separation Has Caused Life-Long Trauma Years Later (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2021) [text]

Leading human rights groups call for renewed commitment to solidarity and action to protect children in migration at EU borders (Refugees International et al., Dec. 2021) [text]

Lone refugee children go from homelessness in Greece to new lives across Europe (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

Syria: Repatriate at least 27,000 children held in dire conditions in north-east Syria (Amnesty International, Nov. 2021) [text]

Reports:

A chance for a better future: Supported independent living and the protection of unaccompanied children in Greece (International Rescue Committee, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Crossroads: The Syrian children’s rights and the Global Refugee Forum (World Vision, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

DeCID Handbook: Co-designing built interventions with children affected by displacement (UNICEF, UN-Habitat & University College London, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Immigration Court's Data on Minors Facing Deportation is Too Faulty to Be Trusted (TRAC, Dec. 2021) [text]

Missing from the Story: The Urgent Need for Better Data to Protect Children on the Move (UNICEF, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Technical Guidance: Child Friendly Procedures (UNHCR, 2021) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (11 Nov. 2021)