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Unaccompanied and Separated Asylum-Seeking and Refugee Children Turning Eighteen: What to celebrate?
What happens to unaccompanied or separated asylum seeking children when they reach the age of 18, the age of majority? This study attempts to collect data and examples of practices in Council of Europe Member States on this issue, giving specific focus to
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The Heart of the Matter: Assessing Credibility when Children Apply for Asylum in the European Union
A positive credibility finding is a prerequisite for being recognized as a refugee, whether the applicant is an adult or a child. This report contributes to research on credibility assessment of children, when previous research has focused on credibility
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Right to Justice: Quality Legal Assistance for Unaccompanied Children- Comparative Report
Unaccompanied children face diverse systems of legal assistance in various migration and asylum procedures, depending on the country they arrive in. This report examines all forms of legal assistance provided to unaccompanied children, from legal advice t
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Disrupted Flight: The realities of separated refugee families in the EU
This report analyses the reality of family reunification in Europe for a particularly vulnerable group of migrants, people in need of international protection. An informal network of ECRE members and Red Cross offices working in the field of family reunif
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Speaking freely: Children and young people in Europe speak about ending violence against children in custody. Research report
Children in custody, like all children, have the right to be free from all forms of violence.This report sets out the findings of research conducted by young investigators in Austria, Cyprus, England, the Netherlands and Romania with children and young pe
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UNICEF Research for Children 2013: From Evidence to Action
This volume represents the first systematic attempt to showcase the breadth and depth of UNICEF's research work. At the end of 2012, the Office of Research invited UNICEF's country and regional offices, national committees and headquarters to submit recen
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Migration and Disaster-Induced Displacement: European Policy, Practice, and Perspective
Over the last decade, a series of devastating natural disasters have killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions, and decimated the built environment across wide regions, shocking the public imagination and garnering unprecedented financial
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Position paper on age assessment in the context of separated children in Europe
This paper represents the position of the Separated Children in Europe Programme (SCEP) on age assessment in the context of separated children, and aims to provide concrete recommendations to States and other relevant stakeholders in Europe on how to ensu
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Because We Are Sisters and Brothers: Sibling relations and alternative care
"Because we are sisters and brothers" describes the most important outcomes of research activities and documentations about sibling relations in alternative care from five different countries: The SOS Children’s Village associations in Germany, Austria, F
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Access to justice in cases of discrimination in the EU: Steps to further equality.
The principle of non-discrimination is firmly established in European Union (EU) legislation and includes provisions relating to access to justice. This report examines the process of seeking redress in cases of discrimination. It provides a detailed anal
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Speaking freely: Children and young people in Europe take action on ending violence against children in custody. Campaign Report
This report is published as part of the Ending Violence against Children in Custody project, coordinated by the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) and funded by the European Commission’s Daphne III programme. The Ending Violence against Childre
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Children’s rights for all! Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child for children with intellectual disabilities
This publication provides an overview of the situation of children with intellectual disabilities in 22 European countries, with a particular focus on five areas: protection against abuse, family support and (de-)institutionalisation, health, education, a