Essays about: "Separated and unaccompanied children"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Separated and unaccompanied children.

1. 1. Dialogues for Care and Safety: The Role of Social Workers in Responding to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Unaccompanied Children

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Jasmina Haapanen; [2020-12-14]
   Keywords : unaccompanied children; sexual violence; gender-based violence; social work;

   Abstract : In the past years, Sweden has been faced with high numbers of unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) who are fleeing war and turmoil from their home countries through Europe. These children are resilient but also face several protection risks throughout their migratory path, including risks for sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). READ MORE

3. 2. Enhancing the Resilience Process for South Sudanese Unaccompanied and Separated Children : A Case Study from Nairobi, Kenya

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Anne Wachira; [2018]
   Keywords : Resilience; Unaccompanied; Separated; Children; Refugees; Humanitarian; South Sudan; Kenya;

   Abstract : The main aim with this thesis has been to understand how the resilience process could be enhanced for South Sudanese unaccompanied and separated children, USC, resettling in Nairobi, Kenya. The aim has further been to provide primary empirical data in order to bridge the gap on resilience research specifically related to this target group, within a non-western refugee context. READ MORE

4. 3. Child protection systems in Sweden : gaps and challenges in services to asylum-seeking and returning children in families

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Joanna Ericson; [2017]
   Keywords : child protection systems; child maltreatment; gap analysis; children in families; migration;

   Abstract : During the second half of 2015, Sweden experienced the largest inflow of asylum-seekers in its history. Almost 163,000 people sought asylum in 2015, whereof approximately 70,000 children. READ MORE

5. 4. "The medical assessment should give us an answer to the question we have posed: is the person a child or an adult?" The boundaries of medical age assessments on unaccompanied minors in Swedish asylum procedures.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Tijana Sutalo; [2017]
   Keywords : Sweden; unaccompanied minors; asylum; medical age assessments; communications; systems theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : With the events of 2015, commonly referred to as the refugee-situation, a light has been cast on various European Union member states’ handling of asylum seekers. In relation to overall stricter procedures, the Swedish state has proposed a series of restrictive policies to cope with the situation. READ MORE

6. 5. SEPARATED AND UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN PLACED IN CARE - Perspectives and experiences of Professionals working in Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Eloisa Nair Lopes da Costa; [2014-01-03]
   Keywords : Separated and unaccompanied children; care placements; best interest of the child; integration; social inclusion;

   Abstract : According to the United Nations Refugee Agency nearly half of the thirty four million people registered as refugees are children. In 2012, Sweden received 2915 separated and unaccompanied asylum seeking children, the highest number ever registered in the Country; and by the end of August 2013, there were already 1958 new applications. READ MORE