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Hidden Children - separated children at risk

Document number
2413
Date
2009
Title
Hidden Children - separated children at risk
Author/publisher
The Children Society
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption,
Summary
This report explores the experience of trafficking and abuse from the point of view of migrant young people. This report is the result of a one-year research project carried out by The Children’s Society into a little-known phenomenon. The findings and recommendations are intended for anyone who has contact with or makes decisions affecting young migrants including education workers, police, social workers, practitioners in voluntary agencies and community members.
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