Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Mental health, COVID-19, Bullying, Inclusive education, Education, including vocational education, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Scottish Youth Parliament is looking for young people to share their stories about the topics covered in its new manifesto – ‘From Scotland’s Young People’. By using these stories, the Scottish Youth Parliament hopes to strengthen the manifesto calls and demonstrate why certain changes are necessary.

Date: 27th October 2020
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Following more than a decade of multi-level advocacy, and collaboration between civil society organisations, international partners, government authorities, and communities, all 389 members of the Mexican Congress declared to end the immigration detention of children.

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The number of unaccompanied children seeking refugee protection in Scotland more than doubled between 2018 and 2019, figures from the Scottish Guardianship Service show. Last year the service helped 165 children, up from 81 who arrived in 2018.

Date: 28th June 2019
Category: Children in situations of exploitation, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Scottish Government is consulting on Section 38 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act. This section places a duty on Scottish public authorities to provide information to Police Scotland about a person(s) who is, or appears to be, a victim of human trafficking, slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour.

Date: 24th June 2019
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children, Special protection measures

New figures show that 21 children were detained in Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre between 2010-2018. Some of the young people were held there until they were moved to immigration centers in England.

Date: 17th April 2019
Category: Mental health, Equal protection from violence, Freedom of thought, conscience and religion, Bullying, Non-discrimination, Respect for the views of the child, Best interests of the child, Right to life, survival and development, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

respectme have launched stage three of the Choose Respect anti-bullying campaign which focuses on the theme of ‘Building Empathy’.

Date: 12th February 2019
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Access to appropriate information, Family reunification, Care Experienced children, Protection from abuse or neglect, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Awareness-raising, Best interests of the child, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) have created a factsheet for social workers and any professional protecting children on the impact Brexit may have on children and families who are crossing, or separated by, international boarders living in the UK.

Date: 12th September 2018
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect, Optional protocol on a communications procedure, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has concluded that Denmark’s decision to deport a child at risk from female genital mutilation (FGM) is a violation of the child’s human rights.

Date: 3rd April 2018
Category: Non-discrimination, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A new human rights handbook has been launched by the Council of Europe's Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. The handbook encourages local authorities to promote human rights in their policies and sets out many examples of good practice. Notably, it discusses the role local authorities must play in protecting the rights of asylum-seeking children, children from Gypsy/Traveller backgrounds and LGBTI children.

Date: 17th January 2018
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Eurochild and SOS Children's Villages have released a research report which aims to help child protection services in European countries respond to the needs of refuge and migrant children, including unaccompanied children.

Date: 12th December 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The UK government has introduced legislation to extend a scheme which ensures the care responsibilities of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is shared by local authorities to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Immigration Minister announced.

Date: 27th November 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children, Children in situations of exploitation, General measures of implementation

New 'General Comments' are available on the human rights of children in the context of international migration.

Date: 29th October 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

As many as 400 unaccompanied refugee children who claim to have relatives in the UK are trapped in France, where their asylum cases are not being actively considered, human rights lawyers have said in a new report.

Date: 2nd October 2017
Category: Right to life, survival and development, Family reunification, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

"The refuge of family" provides an in-depth look at how the UK can make a vital contribution to children's safety in the context of the global refugee crisis by making it easier for them to reach family in the UK via official routes.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A new UNICEF report has revealed the extent to which children and young people face abuse on migration routes, with up to three-quarters at risk of abuse, trafficking, or exploitation.

Date: 21st September 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A new UNICEF report has revealed the extent to which children and young people face abuse on migration routes, with up to three-quarters at risk of abuse, trafficking, or exploitation.

Date: 28th June 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A report released by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights has found that at least seven EU member states restricted their family reunification legislation, with four of these being among the five countries with the highest number of arrivals from Syria.

Date: 13th June 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

In January, the Scottish Parliament agreed to launch an inquiry into Destitution, Asylum and Insecure Immigration Status in Scotland. This report examines the impact of destitution on asylum seekers and those with insecure immigration status based on evidence from NGOs, individuals and families.

Date: 31st May 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A Child is a Child highlights that the world has seen almost a five-fold increase in the number of refugee and migrant children traveling alone since 2010. Even when they travel with their families, they face several terrible risks and often fall through the cracks.

Date: 31st May 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The UNCRC and UNCMW Committees are welcoming written comments on a zero draft of the new joint General Comment on children in the context of international migration until 30th June 2017.