ent or the chance to return to their countries of origin. This study seeks to build an understanding of the education and child protection issues surrounding refugee and asylum-seeking children living in these precarious and detrimental situations. Research conducted in Bangkok and Jakarta included interviews with service providers and refugee community members as well as site visits to community learning centres, detention centres and shelters.

Findings revealed complex and interconnected challenges, especially in regard to child protection and access to education, the two main focuses of the study. Based on the findings of the report, recommendations are made to service providers in Bangkok and Jakarta, including Save the Children, in the areas of community outreach and communication; advocacy and public awareness; training and capacity development; research; coordination and innovative ways of working.

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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, Indonesia, Australia and the Republic of Nauru. The research is the result of extensive desk-based research, stakeholder consultations in South East Asia and interviews with child asylum seekers and refugees. The research documents current practices in detention of child asylum seekers and refugees, the conditions of detention and the impact of detention on children. It also explores available alternatives to detention in these countries and emerging initiatives that may offer new, improved or expanded alternatives to detention in the future. It offers a number of principles and recommendations which aim to end the practice of detaining children for immigration purp