21 February 2024

Thematic Focus: Children & Families

Short pieces:

Friendship is crucial for refugee children – here’s how to talk to your child about being welcoming (The Conversation, Jan. 2024) [text]

Reports:

Gaps in Sponsor Screening and Follow-up Raise Safety Concerns for Unaccompanied Children (HHS Office of Inspector General, Feb. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the US. See also related post on The Hill.

“Not the France I Imagined”: Housing, Health, and Education for Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Marseille (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2024) [access]
- Follow link for report in English and French.

Spotlight on children & youth: Experiences and perceptions of displaced Ukrainians (World Vision, Jan. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Turning 18 with Confidence: A Practical Guide to the Council of Europe Recommendation on Supporting Young Refugees in Transition to Adulthood (Council of Europe, April 2023) [access]
- Follow link for report in English and French.

Youth, Migration and Development: A New Lens for Critical Times - Case Studies from Colombia, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, Senegal, Thailand, and Tunisia, KNOMAD Working Paper, no. 53 (Samuel Hall, Nov. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"'After god, we give strength to each other': young people’s experiences of coping in the context of unaccompanied forced migration," Journal of Youth Studies, vol. 27, no. 2 (2024) [open access]
- Focuses on the UK.

"Conceptualising and challenging child neglect in humanitarian action: Protecting displaced children in Jordan and Palestine," Child Abuse & Neglect, vol. 147 (Jan. 2024) [open access]

"Keeping refugee children in school and out of work: Evidence from the world's largest humanitarian cash transfer program," Journal of Development Economics, vol. 168 (May 2024) [preprint]
- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

"Sexual and reproductive health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors: A survey of 12–17 year old Sudanese refugees in Chad," PLOS Global Public Health 4(1): e0002597 (Jan. 2024) [open access]

"Young Age, Migratory Vulnerabilities and Temporality. Compounding Inequalities Raised by Age and Legal Status – in Four European Countries," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 25, no. 4 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

"Young children's development after forced displacement: a systematic review," Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 18:20 (Feb. 2024) [open access]

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