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The Impact of Migration on Children

Document number
1836
Date
2006
Title
The Impact of Migration on Children
Author/publisher
Andrea Rossi, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
Keywords
Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography,
Summary
PowerPoint Presentation by UNICEF describes the following challenges of child protection: Little attention has been given to children in the international debate on migration; children and young people are big stakeholders; invisible and neglected phenomenon. Focus only on specific groups: refugees, victims of trafficking, AIDS orphans, child soldiers, street children. Lack of statistics and data. Dynamic process. Multidimensional impact of migration on children.
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