Voices of Child Migrants “A Better Understanding of How Life Is”
- Document number
- 2145
- Date
- 2005
- Title
- Voices of Child Migrants “A Better Understanding of How Life Is”
- Author/publisher
- Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption, 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 document is an attempt to imaginatively engage policymakers, and others working in relevant fields with the lives and experiences of independent child migrants. Research carried out by the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty (Migration DRC) has identified a significant gap between how children see their own experiences of migration and the way that child migrants are often represented. The important child protection work undertaken with child migrants in difficult circumstances emphasises their vulnerability and often dire situations.
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