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Levelling the playing field A UNICEF UK report into provision of services to unaccompanied or separated migrant children in three local authority areas in England

Document number
2341
Date
2010
Title
Levelling the playing field A UNICEF UK report into provision of services to unaccompanied or separated migrant children in three local authority areas in England
Author/publisher
United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) UK
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption, 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 based on research commissioned by UNICEF UK and undertaken in three local authority areas in England involving professionals dealing with unaccompanied or separated migrant children, as well as interviews with the children themselves. The research was designed to investigate whether the services provided to unaccompanied or separated migrant children met their complex needs and also complied with domestic and international standards for the treatment of children.
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