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This comment from the Lancet explores the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on children in temporary accommodation in the UK and calls on the UK government "to take necessary steps and work collaboratively with all sectors, health services, and the housing sector (eg, possibly use hotels with space availability due to no incoming tourists) to reduce overcrowding and transmission of COVID-19 to protect some of the most vulnerable in our society."
Abstract
Emergency placements in child welfare services have increased during the last 10 years in Norway. At the time of placement, some of these children have been in the child welfare system for several years. Based on qualitative interviews, our study explores Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of long‐term cases resulting in emergency placements. The participants reported that they felt they had intervened too late, as it took them too long to understand the severity of the situation. This occurred mainly due to three factors: (a) The work had mainly been based on the…
In new annual report by Ombudsman for Children, Sweden was deemed inadequate in providing support for refugee children.
This article from The New York Times states that shelters face problems of abuse, arson, rape,and sexual molestation. These scandals have called into question the speed in which shelters were arranged.