Children on the Move. Protecting Unaccompanied Migrant Children in South Africa and the Region
- Document number
- 1504
- Date
- 2007
- Title
- Children on the Move. Protecting Unaccompanied Migrant Children in South Africa and the Region
- Author/publisher
- Save the Children UK
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption, Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems,
- Summary
- This repor t is based on a number of key studies under taken by Save the Children (SC) from 2003 to the present day in the southern African region. The repor t challenges the common understanding that child migration entails trafficking and refugee movement, and demonstrates that children often cross borders unaccompanied, as a survival strategy. The report concludes that the region must take a more upbeat role in ensuring that children who migrate are better protected.
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