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In 2021, there were close to 37 million children displaced worldwide. There were 13.7 million refugees and an additional 22.8 million internally displaced. In Europe, this included 23,255 unaccompanied minors seeking asylum, up 72% compared with 2020 (13,550).
The objective was to review the current literature regarding PTSD in unaccompanied refugee minors (URM). The authors searched Ovid Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Library from 1 January 2008 through 15 January 2019. Thirty full texts were chosen that specifically studied unaccompanied refugee minors (URM).
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Purpose
Many Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) are living in low-income countries and little research has been done to understand this population in these particular settings. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and resilience in Eritrean unaccompanied refugee minors living with foster parents in Sudan.
Methods
Forty-five Eritrean URM completed the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-25 and Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28) on the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and resilience, and an open-ended question about daily…
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This paper explores how unaccompanied refugee children from Syria made their way to destination countries and how they become unaccompanied and the consequences of being unaccompanied. This paper is based on interviews with Syrian child refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and aid workers of international organizations who provide support with child refugees. The long-standing conflict has caused Syrian children to suffer immensely, both physically and psychologically. Data show that majority of the children became conflict orphan and left Syria. Some reported that they…
This report from UNICEF shines light on the dangers of the Central Mediterranean Migration Route for children, and the particular vulnerability of unaccompanied migrant minors traveling along this route. The report begins with some fast facts about the route and the children who migrate unaccompanied. It then presents the findings of a needs assessment survey UNICEF’s Libya Country Office commissioned in 2016. The report shares the stories of some migrant children and describes migrants' experiences of trafficking, sexual violence, detention, smuggling, trauma and other…
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Objectives To examine the mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors prospectively during the asylum-seeking process, with a focus on specific stages in the asylum process, such as age assessment, placement in a supportive or non-supportive facility and final decision on the asylum applications.
Design This was a 2½ year follow-up study of unaccompanied minors (UM) seeking asylum in Norway. Data were collected within three weeks (n=138) and at 4 months (n=101), 15 months (n=84) and 26 months (n=69) after arrival.
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Résumé
Le projet Tamkine Migrants, financé par l’Union européenne pour 80% et par l’ONG Terre des hommes pour 20%, est mis en œuvre par Terre des Hommes Espagne, en partenariat avec les associations marocaines Oum El Banine, et GADEM et France Volontaires. Il a duré trois ans, du 15 mai 2011 au 15 mai 2014. Terre des hommes Lausanne a pris en charge une continuation des activités médico-sociales jusqu’en décembre 2014, afin d’assurer une transition vers d’autres acteurs.
Le projet visait à diminuer les effets de la vulnérabilité des migrantes subsahariennes et de leurs enfants en bas-…
Germany is considering plans to open two reception centers in Morocco for repatriated children.