Course: Caring for Children Moving Alone: Protecting 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 …

Last week we saw how Aden relied on smugglers to get him across borders and the terrible experience he had when caught by a border guard. We have also seen …

Case Implementation Case implementation involves transforming a child’s Care and Protection Plan into real actions. It is important that, whenever possible, the case worker remains responsible for overseeing the implementation …

In this video we hear from two members of the team working for Fundación Casa Alianza in Mexico. Margarita Cerón is a Sociologist and Mariana Paulette Morales Vega is a …

Last week we identified the harm that unaccompanied and separated children can experience in their home country, while transiting other countries, and when they arrive in a country in which …

In order for us to make positive changes, it helps if we understand the different reasons why full and meaningful participation of children in decision making does not always happen. …

In this video, we see and hear Eritrean children participating in a Children’s Parliament taking place in a refugee camp in the district of Shire in Northern Ethiopia. Participation in …

Throughout the course steps on case management, we have highlighted the importance of children’s full and meaningful participation. In this video, Chrissie Gale speaks to Emily Delap. Emily is an …

Once an unaccompanied or separated child has been identified we can use the process of case management to help us make decisions with, and for, the child. Case management should …

In this video we see the UNHCR process of registration being undertaken by Hailie Sigabo. Hailie works as a Registration Assistant in a UNHCR Registration Centre in the district of …

In this video we hear Wannes, Nael, Mariane and Idrissa answering the question: Why is it important to treat children well at border crossings? As we noted in previous course …

In this video we hear from Luigi Corsaro, President of the Italian Red Cross in Sicily. Luigi is in the operations room of the Red Cross in Syracuse. He describes …

In this video we hear from Diego Pandiscia who works for the NGO INTERSOS in Sicily. Diego describes the work of INTERSOS and their first response when boats carrying refugees …

Over the next two course steps we are going to discuss the importance of identifying unaccompanied and separated children. So that they receive the most appropriate care, protection and assistance …