Table of contents
Foreword by Georgios Kaminis .................................................................................. 5 Mayor of Athens and Member of the European Committee of the Regions Foreword by Věra Jourová ....................................................................................... 6 European Commissioner for Justice , Consumers and Gender Equality Foreword by Benyam Dawit Mezmur ............................................................................. 7 Member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
Introduction to the compendium : overview and use .............................................................. 8 Setting the scene : the policy context ............................................................................ 9
THE CASE STUDIES Summary table with key topics by case study .................................................................... 14
Austria • Semi-independent living for children in Austria ......................................................... 16 Finland • Integrating unaccompanied refugee children in Finland ................................................ 22 Germany • Volunteer legal guardianship for unaccompanied young people : an evaluation of the guardianship system in North Rhine-Westphalia ............................................. 30 Germany • Independent living arrangements for unaccompanied children in Germany ............................ 38 Greece • Care and integration of unaccompanied and separated children in Greece ................................ 46 Greece • Prosvasis : Street work project for homeless children and families in Greece .............................. 56 Greece • Support and informal education for children in reception facilities in Greece ............................. 64 Hungary • Foster care for unaccompanied children in Hungary .................................................. 72 Ireland • Child Migration Matters : promoting the rights of undocumented migrant children in Ireland .............. 80 Italy • Centre for asylum-seeking families with children in Italy .................................................. 86 Serbia • Humanitarian assistance for refugees and migrants in Serbia ............................................ 92 Slovakia • Children Do NOT Belong in Prison : Ending migration detention of children and families in Slovakia ..... 100 Sweden • Innovation for the integration of unaccompanied children in Sweden .................................. 106 Sweden • Mentoring programme for unaccompanied children in private living arrangements ...................... 114 The Netherlands • Happy Nest : an afterschool programme for children in reception centres ....................... 120 United Kingdom • Guardianship service for unaccompanied and separated children in Scotland ................... 128
Recommendations . ......................................................................................... 136
Annex 1 – Glossary ........................................................................................... 152 Annex 2 – Selected relevant legislative and policy documents on the protection of migrant and refugee children ..... 157
Acknowledgments . ......................................................................................... 166
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