Providing support for care leavers
How we support unaccompanied and separated children who are leaving care may depend, on their care setting, on the reasons they are leaving, on the situation they may be moving …
Course: Caring for Children Moving Alone: Protecting Unaccompanied and Separated Children
Poll: Unsuitable care
In previous course steps we have considered the different factors that make a care setting suitable or unsuitable. Voting in the poll has now closed. Read further for Chrissie’s analysis …
Alternatives to detention
In the previous course step we heard about a programme to develop alternatives to detention in Mexico through provision of more suitable care options for unaccompanied and separated children. In …
Developing alternatives to detention
In this video we hear from Mrs Diana Martinez from the International Detention Coalition (IDC) in Mexico. She tells us about a programme offering alternatives to detention for unaccompanied and …
Ending the placement of children in detention centres
We are now going to think more about a setting that is not suitable for unaccompanied and separated children. Around the world detention centres are being used to accommodate children …
Guardianship in Sicily (Part 2)
In this video we continue to learn about the programme of guardianship in Sicily. In this film we hear again from Pasquale d’Andrea, who is the Head of the Child …
An example of a guardianship programme – guardianship in Sicily (Part 1)
In this video we have the opportunity to hear about the guardianship programme for unaccompanied and separated children in Sicily – an island which is a region of Italy. A …
Guardianship
The UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children tell us that ‘No child should be without the support and protection of a legal guardian or other recognized responsible adult …
An example of a kinship care programme in a refugee camp
In course step 2.9 we saw how relatives of unaccompanied and separated children arriving in Ethiopia are identified during the UNHCR registration process. In this video we will meet Ferouz, …
Kinship care in a refugee camp – the voices of kinship carers
In this video you will hear from kinship carers who live in Hitsats refugee camp in the district of Shire, in Northern Ethiopia. They tell us why they are happy …
Encouraging children not to abandon alternative care
In course step 4.9 we saw a short film about a Refugee Children Residential, Learning and Recreational Centre in Northern Ethiopia. Unaccompanied and separated children stay in this centre for …
Preventing and responding to children abandoning alternative care
In this course step we will explore some ideas that may encourage children not to abandon their place in alternative care. Missing Children Europe advise us that many children tend …
Reasons children are abandoning care and going missing
Unaccompanied and separated children walk out of care placements, and from the point of view of care providers, they go missing or ‘disappear’. The concern for unaccompanied and separated children …
What would you like to change for unaccompanied and separated children?
The meeting of the UN General Assembly in Morocco in December 2018 to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was attended by many people from different …
Looking back on Week 5
Thank you for all your participation during Week 5 of your course. It has been really interesting to read your comments and the helpful information you have shared. As we …
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Caring for Children Moving Alone: Protecting Unaccompanied and Separated Children
