Communicating Messages About COVID-19
To assist you in the work you are undertaking particularly at this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to offer the selection of resources you will find on …
Course: Caring for Children Moving Alone: Protecting Unaccompanied and Separated Children
Adapting Case Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this video you will hear from Sophie Etzold who is working as a Child Protection Officer for UNHCR in Uganda. Sophie tells us how UNHCR has been working through …
Why I love my job
When we were developing this course, we asked different frontline workers what makes them happy about the work they do to support unaccompanied and separated children. In this video we …
Watch Aden’s Journey: Episode One
In this video you can watch episode one of a drama that will run throughout the course. This drama is called ‘Aden’s Journey’. Each week you will be able to …
What are the challenges when supporting lone children?
Offering support and alternative care to unaccompanied and separated children, and those who may have to be separated from parent/s and legal/customary caregivers they are travelling with, is not always …
International guidance concerning unaccompanied and separated children (Part 3)
On this course page we will consider some other international agreements that offer protection and support to children on the move including unaccompanied and separated children. These agreements can guide …
International guidance (Part 2)
The UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children A principal focus of this course is how we can offer suitable alternative care to unaccompanied and separated children on the …
International guidance concerning unaccompanied and separated children (Part 1)
In this video we hear from Benyam Dawit Mezmur. Benyam is an academic who specialises in children’s rights law. He is a member of the United Nations Committee on the …
Risks that unaccompanied and separated children face
In this video we hear from Gurvinder Singh. Gurvinder is the Child Protection Advisor for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC). He tells us about …
Risks to unaccompanied and separated children on the move
We have already considered some of the difficult situations children are moving away from. But understanding also the risks children face while they move across countries, and reach countries of …
Children who become separated on the journey
Let us also consider why some children also become separated from their parents or legal/customary caregiver while on their journey. This occurs, for example: During times of panic as, for …
How many unaccompanied children are on the move?
In order to develop the most appropriate policies and services for unaccompanied and separated children on the move, it is essential we understand as much as possible about where children …
Why do children leave home and become ‘on the move’? (Part 2)
As we noted on the previous course page, children leave home and travel as unaccompanied and separated children for different reasons. In this video produced by UNICEF, we learn about …
Why do children become ‘children on the move’? (Part 1)
In this video produced by UNHCR, we hear the voices of children who became refugees and travelled by themselves in order to flee conflict. The children come from different countries …
Who are unaccompanied children on the move?
The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child regards everyone under the age of 18 as a ‘child’. Sometimes children are referred to as ‘minors’. There are …
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Caring for Children Moving Alone: Protecting Unaccompanied and Separated Children