Away from Home. Protecting and supporting children on the move
- Document number
- 1985
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- Away from Home. Protecting and supporting children on the move
- Author/publisher
- Daniela Reale, Save the Children UK
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems,
- Summary
- Millions of children are on the move, both within and between countries, with or without their parents.They are part of large-scale population movements currently taking place in many parts of the world.This trend is set to continue over the next few decades, driven by economic developments, violent conflict, state failure, natural disasters, and environmental and resource pressures, especially climate change.Yet, despite the numbers of children involved, the needs and interests of children on the move are largely absent from mainstream debates on both child protection and migration.As a result, most governments and international institutions have failed to develop effective policy responses to help these vulnerable children. This report looks at what we mean by children on the move, what their experiences are, what support they need, and how protection systems can be adapted to meet these needs. It proposes a new framework of protection and assistance to safeguard the rights and well-being of ‘children on the move'.
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