Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Right to life, survival and development, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children, Child trafficking, Children in situations of exploitation

Over the past two years, a growing number of children in migration have arrived in the EU, many of them without their families. The Commission has set out actions to reinforce the protection of all migrant children at all stages of the process.

Date: 3rd April 2017
Category: General principles, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The New Scots refugee integration strategy was developed through partnership as a three-year strategy by the Scottish Government, COSLA and the Scottish Refugee Council.

Date: 7th March 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A new report provides an in-depth look at the extreme risks facing refugee and migrant children as they make the perilous journey from sub-Saharan Africa into Libya and across the sea to Italy.

Date: 20th February 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The UK Government has announced plans to slow, and eventually halt, the acceptance of child refugees in Britain.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A group of 36 teenage asylum seekers, who previously lived in the Calais refugee camps and currently reside in French reception centres, have taken legal action against the government of the UK.

Date: 29th November 2016
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The Scottish Refugee Council have submitted written evidence to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry on asylum accommodation.

Date: 15th November 2016
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The Governments of France and the UK fell seriously short of their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the way they handled the situation of children living at the Calais migrant camp, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has said.

Date: 26th July 2016
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Unaccompanied migrant children are being systematically let down, says the EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee in a new report. In 2015, 88,245 unaccompanied children applied for asylum in the EU and at least 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children are estimated to be missing.

Date: 29th June 2016
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

World Refugee Day was held on June 20th - damning reports and statements highlighted the dire situation facing children trying to find safety across Europe.

Date: 15th June 2016
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The briefing, entitled 'What the United Kingdom can do to ensure respect for the best interests of unaccompanied and separated children' considers how the content of the UNHCR/UNICEF's 'Safe and Sound' publication can be put into practice in the UK.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

This briefing paper arises out of concern surrounding the refugee crisis, and looks more specifically at what can be done in Scotland to better support unaccompanied children who arrive in Scotland as asylum seekers or refugees.

Date: 2nd February 2016
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

ENOC has launched a new report outlining the current safety risks for children on the move in Europe and the degree to which they have access to their rights while travelling to and through Europe and upon arrival in their country of destination. The report calls for an EU action plan for all migrant children and a child rights perspective in humanitarian aid.

Date: 27th October 2015
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children, Children in situations of exploitation, Child trafficking

Historic legislation to protect children at risk of trafficking and exploitation was passed in the Scottish Parliament on 1 October 2015. The Human Trafficking (Scotland) Bill now ensures that all children who arrive in Scotland alone and separated from their families have the right to an independent 'guardian' to advise and assist them.

Date: 13th October 2015
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children, Children in situations of exploitation, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is organising several consultations and calls for submissions, namely a consultation on unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents, reports on ITCs and child sexual exploitation, investment in the rights of the child and information requested on the dissemination of a child mortality report.

Date: 15th September 2015
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Eurochild called for solidarity and leadership ahead of EU meeting of ministers on Monday 14 September, and to adopt a shared response to the refugee crisis based on the European values of solidarity and human rights.

Date: 1st October 2013
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Recent figures published by the UK Home Office suggest that children in the decision and removal phase of the asylum process are increasingly being detained in the UK.

Date: 12th June 2013
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) haspublished a Report on the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children in the United Kingdom.

Date: 26th April 2013
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The Scottish Guardianship Service, delivered in partnership between Aberlour Childcare Trust and Scottish Refugee Council, has helped to support more than 100 unaccompanied young people going through the asylum system, some of who are victims of trafficking.

Date: 11th December 2012
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The Joint Committee on Human Rights launched an inquiry into the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children and young people in the UK, with a particular focus on those who are seeking asylum or have been the victims of trafficking.

Date: 18th October 2012
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A new statutory aggravation is to be introduced to make the perpetrators of human trafficking easier to prosecute, the Scottish Government announced