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Forgotten Futures: The lives of refugee children in urban areas of Indonesia and Thailand
In two urban areas of Indonesia and Thailand, Greater Jakarta and Bangkok, live some 20,000 refugees, with limited access to basic rights, waiting for resettlement or the chance to return to their countries of origin. This study seeks to build an understa
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Protected on Paper? An analysis of Nordic country responses to asylum-seeking children
For many years, the Nordic countries have been at the forefront of promoting and protecting the rights of children. However, many of these nations saw a gap in protection of children in 2015 when they experienced an influx of refugee children. Many childr
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Till Dig som Lever Gömd eller Utan Papper: Information om rättigheter, stöd, och vård
This resource is intended for undocumented or hidden children and young adults in Sweden. It provides information on their rights, as well as available support and care. The brief is available in Swedish, Dari, and Arabic. If you are a child, youth, or th
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Unlocking Childhood: Current immigration detention practices and alternatives for child asylum seekers and refugees in Asia and the Pacific
This report is the collaboration of Save the Children and the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network with funding support from the Oak Foundation. This report examines current policy framework and practices in five countries, namely Malaysia, Thailand, Indon
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Making Lives: Refugee self-reliance and humanitarian action in cities
This publication presents the results of a one-year research project at the intersection of urban, humanitarian and forced migration studies. As protracted displacement increasingly contributes to urban change and poses a challenge for city governance and
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"Lyssna på Mig!": Barns och ungas röster om asylprocessen och förslag till förbättringar
"Listen to Me!": The voices of children and adolescents about the asylum process During the course of two years, Save the Children Sweden’s support helpline received 2,500 calls from children and young people who recently arrived to Sweden. The topics of
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"Jag har ikke gjort noe galt": Barn og foreldres opplevelse av tvangsretur
In recent years, the National Police Immigration Service (NPIS) has been given increasing target numbers for how many forced returns they are expected to carry out. Since 2013, 794 children have been detained at Trandum immigration detention centre. In 20
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Child Friendly Spaces in Reception Centres: Supporting asylum-seeking children and their families in Finland
In the autumn of 2015, Europe struggled to cope with the influx of people escaping conflict and crisis in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. The Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs) project was seen as a pilot project by Save the Children Finland. It was the
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Young and on the Move: Children and youth in mixed migration flows within and from the Horn of Africa
The purpose of this study is to provide an updated overview of children and youth as specific (albeit non-homogenous) groups in mixed migration flows within, through and from the Horn of Africa. The report does not purport to be exhaustive, but rather to
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At What Cost: The human, economic and strategic cost of Australia's asylum seeker policies and the alternatives
This report explores the human, economic and strategic cost of Australia’s current policies which seek to deter asylum seekers from migrating to Australia by sea. It examines the impact of these policies in a domestic, regional and global setting, taking
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Barns egna asylskäl: Om rätten att bli sedd som individ
Children have rights, the same as adults, yet they also have particular rights as children. This also applies to asylum-seeking children. These children can have the same reasons for seeking asylum as an adult, but also for reasons relevant to being a chi
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Afghan Children Cannot Wait: The case for investing in their future now
In 2015, 90,000 unaccompanied children were registered as asylum-seekers in Europe; over half of them were from Afghanistan. A total of 178,000 Afghan asylum-seekers arrived to Europe in 2015, four times as many as the year before. While many Afghans come