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Chapter 7 | Accommodation and Care of Unaccompanied or Separated Children
13 At college doing the equivalent of A levels or HND
courses.
14 University level studies.
15 UASC Reform Programme Coordinator. Unaccompanied
Asylum Seeking Children Reform Programme
2005/6: Update for Consortia Members. 12 January 2006.
16 In the white paper Controlling our borders: making migration
work for Britain, the Government’s five year strategy
for asylum and immigration Cm 6472. February 2005.
17 This was a view expressed to researchers in a number
of different meetings during the research process, and
one which was also apparent from case files reviewed
by the U.K. Coordinator in her role as a barrister representing
unaccompanied or separated children in
community care cases.
18 Undertaken by Matthew Hodes, Senior Lecturer in
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Imperial College,
London. 2003–2004.
19 An example from the U.K. Coordinator’s case load.
20 Ibid, Endnote 19.
21 Ibid, Endnote 19.
22 Interview with Paul Morris, a case worker at South
Manchester Law Centre. 2004.
23 Interview with Kathryn Cronin, a barrister at Two
Garden Court Chambers. 2004.
24 After many delays, this scheme started on 20 June 2005.
25 Children Act 1989, ss23C, 24A–D.
29 Girl from Ethiopia interviewed in depth for this research.
30 Interview with Kate Philips, Assistant Social Worker,
Child Asylum Team, West Sussex County Council.
31 Interview with Bill Davies, head of the Asylum Support
Team at Manchester City Council. 2004.
32 Interview with Chris Perkins, manager of the Homeless
Young Persons’ Team, and Alex Browne, manager
and senior social worker for Children and Families
Services at Glasgow City Council. 2004.
33 Interview with Val Watson, Family Support Team, Children’s
Services, Newcastle Social Services Department.
34 Ibid, Endnote 7.
35 Northern Ireland has its own devolved regional departments
and services.
36 The Children Order is similar to the Children Act 1989
which operates in England and Wales.
37 Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Police Guidance on Access
to Health and Social Services. Department of Health,
Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland,
April 2004.
38 UNHCR. Guidelines on Policies and Procedures in dealing
with Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum.
February 1997. Para 7.5.
39 Separated Children in Europe Programme. Statement
of Good Practice, Third Edition. 2004. C11.
40 Ibid, Endnote 20.
41 Hereward & Foster Solicitors, London. 2005.
26 Audit Commission. Another Country — Implementing
Dispersal Under the Immigration and Asylum Act
1999. 2000.
27 Kidane, Selam. I did not choose to come here: Listening
to Refugee Children. BAAF, 2001. Quotation from boy
from Afghanistan who arrived in the U.K. when he
was 15.
28 See Kohli, Ravi K.S. “The comfort of strangers: social
work practice with unaccompanied asylum-seeking
children and young people in the UK.” Child and
Family Social Work. 2006: 1–10; see also Kohli, Ravi
K.S. “The sound of silence: Listening to What Unaccompanied
Asylum-seeking Children Say and Do
Not Say.” British Journal of Social Work. 2005.
42 Burnett, Angela and Fassil, Yohannes. Meeting the Health
Needs of Refugee and Asylum Seekers in the UK: An
Information and Resource Pack for Health Workers. NHS.
43 Ibid, Endnote 12.
44 Watters, Charles and Ingleby, David. “Locations of
care: Meeting the mental health and social care needs
of refugees in Europe.” International Journal of Law
and Psychiatry 27 (2004).
45 Ibid, Endnote 39, C11.2.
46 A coalition of NGOs working to support either children
or asylum seekers and/or refugees.
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