Child and Family Social Work
Volume 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-408

The needs and strengths of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people in Scotland (Article)

Hopkins P.* , Hill M.
  • a School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • b Glasgow Centre for the Child and Society, Glasgow School of Social Work, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children seeking refuge in safer parts of the world have a wide range of needs. This paper discusses the main needs of unaccompanied minors drawing upon the views of service providers who work with or for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people in Scotland, as well as the perspectives of unaccompanied minors themselves. The complexity of the children's needs is explored with a framework considering their process of resettlement, looking at the present first, the future next and the past last. We also explored the strengths and resilience of the unaccompanied children consulted. © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Author Keywords

resettlement Asylum Needs Services Unaccompanied children

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00687.x
ISSN: 13567500
Cited by: 23
Original Language: English