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The G.A.IN. 'Guardianship advanced Instruments for child protection in Europe' project, funded by the European Commission, involved 4 countries - Italy, Greece, Hungary and Belgium - with the aim of ensuring better protection and respect for the rights of migrant children, by strengthening the guardianship system.
This manual seeks to contribute to this objective by providing key information and guidance for guardians and tutors of unaccompanied foreign minors. The manual is written in Italian.
Abstract
This article is written as part of the FORUM project (FOR Unaccompanied Minors: transfer of knowledge for professionals to increase foster care), an EU funded project which sought to enhance the capacity of professionals to provide quality foster care for unaccompanied migrant children, primarily through the transfer of knowledge. The article aims to contribute to this transfer of knowledge by bringing together literature which is of relevance to professionals developing or enhancing foster care services for unaccompanied migrant children (such as social workers), other…
This media briefing from Oxfam describes the Italian reception system for unaccompanied minors which "has turned out to be inadequate for protecting lone refugee and migrant children and their rights," according to the report.
This is Save the Children's decalogue for child support in emergencies.
In emergencies, be they natural or man-made catastrophes, children are the most vulnerable. They risk losing their home, being separated from their family members or losing them, not being able to attend school, or having to give up their daily habits and live outside of own habitual contexts.
In an emergency, Save the Children takes action by setting up "Child-Friendly Spaces" and developing recreational, educational and psychosocial support activities to provide a safe place in which children and young people can…
Context
Over 100,000 refugee and migrant children, of whom more than 33,800 unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) (34 per cent), arrived in Europe in 2016. In the first three months of 2017, 5,700 children landed on European shores. The vast majority of them entered Europe irregularly through the two main gateways to the continent: Italy, using the Central Mediterranean sea route, or Greece, transiting through the Eastern Mediterranean route from Turkey, mostly via sea. Once on European soil, Italian and Greek authorities should take charge of UASC, with…
This report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) provides information on the migration situation throughout the EU from 1-30 June 2017. The report includes data on the child protection situation for migrant children, particularly the identification, emergency placement and accommodation of unaccompanied children.