Safeguarding unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children The Department for Education (DfE) has published a policy paper setting out the government’s commitments to safeguard and promote the welfare of unaccompanied asylum seeking refugee children in England. The new strategy includes: updated guidance for councils on caring for unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of modern … Continue reading Safeguarding – some policy updates
Source: The Children’s Society Date: 17 August 2017 Unaccompanied and migrant children The Children’s Society in partnership with the University of Bedfordshire has published a report looking at the impact of excluding separated and migrant children from legal aid. The report finds that the safety net Emergency Case Funding is not working, stating that there is … Continue reading New report finds too much discrimination in the ‘system’
Source – BBC News Campaigners will challenge the government's handling of the arrival of unaccompanied child refugees from Europe, at a High Court hearing later. They say ministers have not worked with local councils to find enough places for vulnerable children. Separately, the daughter of the man called "Britain's Schindler" has criticised the ending of … Continue reading High Court challenge to UK’s child refugee efforts
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has published a special thematic report on unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children using data included in the ADCS Safeguarding Pressures Phase 5 research. This thematic report draws together returns from over 100 local authorities in England and supplements this with national data and a literature review … Continue reading ADCS thematic report on unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee…
Social workers in London on Saturday 12th September: Social workers marching down Whitehall #refugeeswelcome SWANsocialwork GuyShennan KgoodSW NushraMansuri pic.twitter.com/UynUMz7Qkd — TSWA (@TSWAssembly) September 12, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js .KgoodSW #refugeeswelcome pic.twitter.com/JeawzRHkYd — TSWA (@TSWAssembly) September 12, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js @RefugeeAction pic.twitter.com/dc02P3XyAz — Jenny_Edwards (@Jenny_Edwards) September 12, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js People of Solidarity with Refugees no12 #refugeeswelcome #refugees @RefugeeAction @AmnestyUK … Continue reading Twitter storyboard #refugeeswelcome #socialwork
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