In Search of Shelter. Leaving Social Care in Albania

Document number

2337

Date

2010

Title

In Search of Shelter. Leaving Social Care in Albania

Author/publisher

Amnesty International

Availability

View/save PDF version of this document

Document type(s)

Research/Study/Analysis,

Keywords

Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption, 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,

Summary

This report is part of Amnesty International's Demand Dignity campaign, which aims to end the human rights violations that drive and deepen global poverty. Poverty is one of the main reasons for the placement of children in institutional care in Albania, and the state does little to help them escape poverty. The state's failure to adequately protect their rights, and in particular to give young people leaving social care the support they need to make the transition to independent life has consequences that are all too predictable. Many achieve poor grades or drop out of school without acquiring the skills and qualifications that would enable them to live independently. As adults, they are likely to be homeless and to be at risk of extreme poverty and social exclusion.

Related documents