Course: Caring for Children Moving Alone: Protecting Unaccompanied and Separated Children

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 …

You may be a border guard or immigration official. Perhaps you are a social worker working for the government or a non-governmental organisation. You might be a volunteer, a foster …