On the Move Alone (OMA): A practical tool for case management of unaccompanied migrant children in southern Africa

This practitioners’ guidebook and On the Move Alone (OMA) Tool is intended to serve as the official guide for SADC member states in the development of their National Action Plans. These plans are set to be aligned to the new Regional Strategic Plan to Address Mixed and Irregular Migration, which was accepted by all member states at the Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA) 2016. The guidelines set forth in this document aim to complement the agreed standard on Case Management (Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, 2012), and to provide a step-by-step, concrete and localised guidance to ‘frontline officials’ that are confronted with the support and safe management of unaccompanied children in the Southern African region.